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Tempe floods in ways generic advice never captures. These pieces cover the local history and hazards that shape our work — the record 2014 storm, the Salt River and SRP canals, flood-irrigation yards, and the pipe eras hiding in East Valley homes.
It rarely freezes in Tempe, so almost no one prepares for it. That is exactly why a rare cold night splits hose bibs, backflows, and pool lines across the city. Ten minutes of prep keeps a freeze from becoming a flood.
Ahwatukee sits at the foot of South Mountain, and the mountain's bare slopes shed monsoon rain fast. A single hard cell can send runoff from acres of hillside straight toward the homes below. Here is how foothill flooding works.
First the haboob clogs your roof drains with dust. Then the monsoon rain has nowhere to go and ponds until it finds a seam. That is why Scottsdale's flat roofs leak in summer, and what to do when water reaches the ceiling.
Gray polybutylene pipe, installed across the East Valley from 1978 to 1995, gets brittle and fails without warning. If your Tempe or Mesa home dates to that era, here is how to find out whether you are at risk.
The historic homes of Maple-Ash and Victory Acres often still run their original galvanized steel plumbing, corroding quietly for decades. Here are the warning signs to catch before an old line leaks or bursts.
Flood irrigation from the SRP canals keeps older Tempe yards green for cheap. But a system built to flood your yard has little margin before it floods your slab. Here is how the water gets in, and how to keep it out.
In 2010, a sun-worn rubber bladder dam at Tempe Town Lake burst and drained into the Salt River bed. It is a pointed reminder of what flood risk really looks like for homes along the river corridor.
A slow, soaking storm broke rainfall records and pushed Maricopa County into a state of emergency. More than a decade later, September 8, 2014 still shows Tempe homeowners exactly how the Valley floods, and how to be ready.
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