Floodwall was provided where clearance is too restricted for levee construction. Floodwall is constructed of reinforced concrete with a steel sheet pile cutoff. The wall consists of “T” and “I” types, the “T” type wall has an average height of 19.2 feet above the original ground and is about 4,040 feet long. The “I” type wall has an average height of about 11.8 feet above the original ground and is about 8,060 feet long. The riverbank along the line of the floodwall is provided with riprap protection consisting of an 8-inch gravel base and 1.5 feet of dumped rock on the slope, and 2 feet to 3.5 feet of dumped rock at the toe.

The levees are constructed of impervious fill and have a crown width of 8 feet and side slopes of 2.5 feet horizontal to 1 foot vertical. The levee along Shamokin Creek has an average height of about 16 feet and the sections of levee along the Susquehanna River and the levee tying into high ground at Mt. Pleasant Road have an average height of about 18 feet. The total length of levee is approximately 2.6 miles and is divided in 3 sections. The Shamokin Creek section - 9,940 feet, the Lower Susquehanna River Section - 2,000 feet and the Upper Susquehanna River Section - 1,800 feet.

Openings were left in levees and walls where it was not practicable for economic or other reasons, to ramp railroads or highways over the flood protection structures. These openings must be closed during periods of high water. Aluminum barriers are provided at larger openings while smaller openings, particularly those within or near freeboard range requiring less frequent closings are closed by sandbagging. There are 4 aluminum panel closure structures, one located on the North end of the project across the CP rail line on Shikellamy Ave., one on the east side of the project across State Route 61 near Zimmerman’s Dodge car dealership, one on the east side of the project across the North Shore rail line located behind Zimmerman’s Dodge car dealership and one located on South Tenth street. There are two sandbag closure, one located at the South end of the project across Norfolk Southern rail line near the State Route 147 Bridge and one located at the North end of the project across Norfolk Southern rail line that crosses the Susquehanna River.

Surrounding river and creek elevations are monitored 24 hours a day through the use of 3 gaging stations with computerized telemetry systems. Telemetry systems take elevation readings and calculate rate of rise or fall every 2 to15 minutes and are accessed via computer. In addition, the units have the capability to call during the night should problems arise. The units have back-up batteries and can also be accessed via telephone. Should the units fail during an event, back-up staff gages located throughout the system, allow uninterrupted monitoring of elevations. The telemetry units are located on the Susquehanna River, Shamokin Creek and the Spring Run Conduit. The Susquehanna River unit is located just below the inflatable dam. This location was selected to prevent interference of readings during inflation of the dam. The Shamokin Creek is near our water filtration plant just off Route 61 and the other at the Spring Run pump station just south of the south Tenth street bridge.

The Flood Operations Center is linked directly with GOES-East, Geo-Stationary Operational Environmental Satellite, via a land based receiver. All data issued by weather and river forecast agencies (graphical and text) is received "real time" at the Operations Center via the GOES satellite network.

The Sunbury Municipal Authority is a weather data collection site for the National Weather Service. Data collected daily such as precipitation, snow pack and current conditions at our site are transmitted directly to the agency's primary ROSA (Remote Observation System Automation) computer in Charleston, West Virginia. This data is then compiled with data collected from other sites and disseminated to forecast centers across the nation.

We are also a contributor for the National Weather Service Ice Observer Program and report weekly on the current Susquehanna River ice conditions and are trained to look for specific ice conditions that could contribute to ice jams when the ice begins to break up. This information helps NWS to forecast river heights and crest movements, and determine if local flood preparedness measures should be initiated in anticipation of potential flooding caused by ice jams.

Three combination storm water and sanitary sewage pumping stations and three storm water pumping stations were constructed, complete with approach channels, sewer inlets, trash racks, collecting basins, gravity by-pass culverts, discharge chambers, pumping equipment, control gates and other necessary facilities. The combination stations are located along the landward toe of the levee at the mouth of Spring Run, at the foot of Church Street, and Reagan Street. The Underpass storm water pumping station is located just west of the point where Front Street under passes the railroad bridge at the upstream end of the protective works. The Shikellamy Avenue storm water pumping station is located at the upstream end of the levee in the upper Susquehanna River section at Mount Pleasant Road. The Hopper Alley station is located 50 feet north of the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Flood pumps installed in all stations, except the Underpass pumping station, are vertical mixed-flow propeller type pumps. The flood pumps at Reagan, Hopper and Church Street are supplied with 3-phase 4160-volt service through banks of three -100 KVA transformers and with 3-phase, 480-volt service through banks of three-50 KVA transformers for sewage pumps at Reagan and Church. Underpass station is supplied with 3-phase 240-volt service for flood pump operation and single phase 120-volt service for station use. The flood pumps for Spring Run are supplied with 3-phase 4160-volt service through banks of three -167 KVA transformers and with 3-phase, 480-volt service through banks of three 50 KVA transformers for sewage pumps. Shikellamy pumps are supplied with 3-phase 480-volt service through the use of a single 300 KVA transformer.