(Waupun) Waupun Mayor Rohn Bishop says the city is monitoring the Rock River for possible flooding this spring. With rain, snow, and sleet Wednesday it was at the top of its banks. Bishop says they do experience some small flooding each spring, but nothing like what happened last June when the city got about 6 inches of rain over 24 hours.
In an effort to avoid future flooding the city had spent about $50,000 on various studies. Bishop says some of those looked at adding bigger stormwater pipes and examining the wastewater infrastructure for possible leakage.
He notes that the water should not being seeping to the wastewater plant the way it did last June. The mayor adds that they are trying to being proactive but there is not much they can do about “Acts of God” or “100-year” flooding.
