During a rain event in the early Fall of 2023, cars stalled and people had to be rescued from a flooded parking lot in the center of the village of Sag Harbor on Long Island. The surrounding land for a square mile drains into that exact area. As a result, water — either as rainfall or tidally — eventually makes its way via the streets and overland to that parking lot.
So Eric Rothstein (eDD’s very own Managing Partner) recently joined Anthony Madonna (the Patti Kenner Director of Learning + New Works at Guild Hall of East Hampton) and architect Nilay Oza (founding partner of Oza Sabbeth Architects in the Hamptons) for a panel discussion on stormwater management through natural systems and climate preparedness before a youth education class. The talk focused as much on the importance of community engagement as on technical solutions. The group discussed various community efforts to bring awareness about the growing problem of water inundation in the village parking lot.
*image via riskfactor.com*