Our job in Floodplain Management is to assist Pima County property owners with any floodplain building or drainage issues they may encounter. We're here to help minimize flood hazards to Pima County residents. We want to ensure that your life, your property, or the new home you build will be safe during flooding events. We also want to make sure any structures or improvements in the floodplain will not cause drainage problems for your neighbors either upstream or downstream. Another important aspect of our job is protecting the natural resource values of floodplain areas.
Floodplains typically support important riparian ecosystems and a variety of associated wildlife.
These areas also perform an important role in recharging valuable groundwater resources. Our goal is to ensure these critical natural resources are protected and maintained. One of the ways we accomplish these tasks is by enforcing floodplain regulations that are included in the Pima County Floodplain and Erosion Hazard Management Ordinance . This ordinance was developed to conform with the federal government's National Flood Insurance Program. The ordinance includes a series of provisions that regulate the location and construction of buildings and other man-made structures within designated floodplains.