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West Point Cadets assist with storm water management plan
By Leslie Ozawa of storm runoff systems. the storm water manage- between Fort Irwin and West
The engineering projects ment plan. They designed Point, to formalize a rela-
Public Affairs Office will help prevent the type of the number-one priority tionship in hopes of bringing
damage caused by a storm on projects – the repair and more teams of cadets and
From the lush, western Aug. 25, 2013. expansion of the North Tank faculty members here.
Trail Channel, and creating
banks of the Hudson River, The new management new basins above the channel “This is really a win-win
plan, designed to accom- that will collect debris and situation, to have projects here
some 50 miles north of New modate a 100-year storm, water during a storm event. on which cadets can work,”
replaces an older plan for 25 As an added benefit, water in Meyer said. “It’s beneficial to
York City, two cadets from the to 50-year storms. the basins during storms will them in their development as
help recharge an aquifer that engineers, or possibly other
U.S. Military Academy elected “Our academic stud- supports Fort Irwin. majors, and as future lead-
ies have really helped us,” ers. And they can learn about
to enjoy their summer in the Bieger said. “But it’s a lot “Water and debris came NTC in the process.”
more challenging to adjust down from the mountains
High Desert of Fort Irwin. to real-life constraints. The from outside the canton- Meyer noted that as part
terrain is a lot different, and ment area during the 2013 of his NTC experience, Bieg-
Cadets Addison Bieger we have to account for Fort storm. Most of the damage er observed a Non-combat-
Irwin’s isolation, how to get came from there,” Kobyl- ant Evacuation Operation
and Marshall Kobylski, both certain materials out here, ski said. “The basins should to get a sense for the type
from a long distance away, catch most of the debris and of training conducted here.
senior civil engineering ma- and figuring out how we can slow the water down, so the Kobylski will remain here a
best do that.” flood channels can direct few more weeks to take part
jors, were here with their any excess water around the in the Cadet Troop Leader
Kobylski explained their cantonment area.” Training program, which
faculty advisor, Col. Fred first job was to work with pairs him with a platoon
USACE and Fort Irwin en- Meyer is crafting a memo- leader from the 58th Engi-
Meyer, Deputy Department gineers to prioritize a list of randum of understanding neer Company.
projects required as part of
Head of West Point’s De-
partment of Civil and Me-
chanical Engineering. They
served with engineers from
Fort Irwin’s Directorate of
Public Works and from the
Photo courtesy of Col. Fred Meyer, USMA Los Angeles District, U.S.
United States Military Academy Cadets Addison Bieger Army Corps of Engineers,
and Marshall Kobylski (kneeling) work with Reuben to prepare a new storm water
Sasaki of the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of management plan for the
Engineers to take a distance measurement. garrison involving the design
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