Engineering and CIP Delivery Division

Overview

Pima County Regional Flood Control District projects play a vital role in protecting Pima County residents from flooding and erosion hazards, as well as providing riparian habitat and trails.  The Engineering Division undertakes activities intended to reduce flooding and erosion by designing and constructing improvements that will safely convey floodwaters and protect channel banks from erosion.  Structural projects are typically a solution in areas that have been developed or where there is important infrastructure that needs to be protected.  Projects include bank stabilization, bridges, channelization, levees, regional detention basins, and river parks.

Projects address regional flood and erosion control needs in incorporated and unincorporated areas of Pima County, in areas with repetitive flood damages, as well as to reduce the potential for future flood damages.  For example, major work has been done and continues to focus on improvements along the Santa Cruz River and in Arroyo Chico to control drainage and repetitive flooding in the urban core of Tucson and South Tucson.

Links are offered in the right column to provide more detailed information about the wide range of major flood control projects undertaken by this Engineering Division. 

The Engineering and CIP Delivery Division also establishes Design and Construction Standards for flood control projects.

Capital Improvement Projects (CIP)

Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects include bank stabilization, detention and retention basins, bridges, drainage improvements, and river parks, among others. Check out our CIP photo gallery for a look at some of these projects. The Pima County CIP site has information on other County capital improvement projects and programs.

The MapGuide CIP map, using Autodesk MapGuide, shows where major Flood Control projects have been constructed in eastern Pima County.

Awards:

1997    American Society of Civil Engineers
            Outstanding Civil Engineer Project
            Honorable Mention for Randolph South Detention Basic

2000    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
            Chief of Engineer’s Award
            Outstanding Environmental Achievement for
            Ed Pastor/Kino Environmental Restoration Project