Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1523 The University of Texas at Arlington (143411)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nick Z. Fang,nickfang@uta.edu,(817) 272-5334
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 700,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 10/6/22 - 6/30/25
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Department of Civil Engineering
Department, Center, School, or Institute: none
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Integrating Transportation and Stormwater Infrastructure for Sustainable and Smart Growth with Optimization in the Upper Trinity River Basin
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
North Central Texas Council Of Governments(NCTCOG)
CFDA Link: DOT
20.205
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Highway Planning and Construction
Note:
(SAM Category 1.1.1.) The resilience and vulnerability of the nation’s transportation and stormwater infrastructure to trends of extreme weather conditions is in critical need of further research (USDOT, 2014; Houston-Galveston Area Council, 2021). Given that very few plans that integrate transportation and stormwater infrastructure to cope with flood risks are currently implemented for better community resilience, exploring the integration of regional stormwater management, urban development, transportation, and environmental planning is vitally important for communities and stakeholders to minimize the losses economically related to the natural disasters through sustainable and intensive planning. The main goal of this proposal is to determine the optimal sizes and locations of detention ponds and/or alternative green infrastructure to assist the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) in coping with changing climate and land use and to tackle the North Texas Smart Growth and Transportation initiative. The study area for Phase I (One) of this project will be the West Region of the Upper Trinity River Basin. The regionally optimized stormwater infrastructure shall accommodate and mitigate the impacts of expanding transportation infrastructure in addition to changing storm characteristics and land use. The Fang Research Group (FRG) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is tasked by the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Fort Worth District (FWD) to tackle the following research tasks related to the Transportation and Stormwater Infrastructure (TSI) for the study area in the west region of the Upper Trinity River Basin that encompasses Dallas County, Ellis County, Hood County, Johnson County, Parker County, Tarrant County, and Wise County): (1) to perform a thorough literature review of regional transportation and stormwater plans and similar studies in detention pond optimization, to gather data and information on existing retention and detention structures in the study area, and to select a hydrologic model and suitable optimization techniques from the available models and literatures; (2) to update the Trinity River Watershed Hydrology Assessment (WHA) hydrologic models to simulate future (2055) streamflow for two portions (upstream and downstream of reservoirs) of the study area, and to perform hydraulic analysis using FEMA Base Level Engineering (BLE) data and models to simulate future (2055) conditions; (3) to determine the feasible ranges of detention pond and green infrastructure parameters (sizes, outfall types, etc.) for use in optimization; (4) to develop and implement criteria for evaluating potential detention pond locations (installation cost, property cost, current property typezoning, etc.) and identify opportunities to employ green infrastructure practices; (5) to optimize the sizes and locations of detention ponds and green infrastructure (local, regional, and combined) for year 2055 by utilizing a scripted optimization procedure algorithm;
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