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Integrated Flood/Drought Planning Prevent Flooding-MMRWMO's goal is to prevent the flooding of streets and structures from surface water runoff within the MMRW caused by the insufficient capacity of the stormdrain system and/or lack of detention basins and wetlands.Flooding can occur when the capacity of existing drainage facilities is inadequate or when new construction overloads existing drainage facilities by increasing the runoff quantity and decreasing the time of concentration. The MMRWMO has jurisdiction over flooding of significant impact in the MMRW or when flooding is at the border of more than one member community. Action: Work with various government agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to identify appropriate projects that the MMRWMO can help implement. The MMRWMO will especially encourage flood control projects that simultaneously promote improved water quality. Design standards will be set following an intercommunity flows analysis discussed in Section 3. Intercommunity Flows Analysis of subwatersheds will utilize a model that can be applied to these eercommunity areas. Any resulting design standards will not be based on storm events—for instance, the City of Minneapolis strives to design for a ten-year, one-hour event (2.29 inches of rainfall in one hour)—rather, design standards shall be simply to reduce the probability of flooding by addressing those areas that manifested I as problem-flooding areas during the wet summers of the 1990's. Drought Mitigation - Drought conditions have numerous environmental, economic, infrastructure-based, health, and aesthetic consequences. A lack of detention basins and wetlands coupled with a high percentage of impervious surfaces reduces the landscape's ability to store water and promotes evaporation thereby increasing the effects of drought. Action: (1) Monitor and engage, where appropriate, water supply planning efforts prepared.by agencies such as .the Metropolitan.Council, US_Environmental.Protection Agency (US EPA),Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.(MDNR),.and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). (2)If appropriate, considering the work_ofothenagencies;develop:a-drought response plan.and/or assist member communities:in developing municipal:drought=response_plans. (3) Monitor demand for water and address areas of wasteful--processes. (4) mote,and engage:iri_policies,_programs,.and.projectsthat encourage.conservin _waterxesource g s. 4