PA Environmental Professionals Host April 29 Webinar On Flood Alert System For Grafius Run In Lycoming County

The PA Association of Environmental Professionals will host an April 29 webinar on the Flood Alert System for Grafius Run in Lycoming County starting at Noon.

This webinar will explore methods to protect life and property, the shift from building large infrastructure to implementing flood alert systems, low-cost solutions for flood risk mitigation.

To reduce public safety risks and property damage caused by flooding from Grafius Run, the City of Williamsport sought technical services to determine options for flood mitigation. 

While the City’s initial goal was to construct traditional flood control infrastructure upstream, to alleviate flood risks from Grafius Run, numerous constraints identified during the preliminary alternative analysis deemed this infeasible. 

As such, an innovative alternative using a real-time flood alert system was developed and implemented in 2023, which has proved to be successful at reducing flooding within the City, while minimizing the risk to City personnel.  

The presenter will be Ghazoll Motlagh, a Penn State alumni in Civil Engineering, focused in Water Resources.  

Ms. Motlagh started her career performing levee certification assessments for PADEP, FEMA H&H mapping, and NRCS dam rehabilitation assessments.  

Continuing stormwater work in Pennsylvania, Ghaz supported Green Stormwater Infrastructure planning and design contracts with the City of Philadelphia and other neighboring communities.  

Ghaz has been leading the levee rehabilitation efforts in the City of Williamsport, assisting the community to execute a System Wide Improvement Framework (SWIF) Plan with related engineering design, funding pursuits, and construction document support.  

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[Posted: April 6, 2025]  PA Environment Digest