Urban Flooding: Guidance for Homeowners and Renters

The resource provides guidance on urban flooding for homeowners and renters, emphasizing building performance, egress strategies from flood-prone basements, and mitigation techniques to reduce the impact of urban flooding. It offers technical reports, fact sheets, and external resources related to understanding stormwater runoff in highly urbanized areas, floodproofing non-residential buildings, protecting building utility systems from flood damage, and providing information after flood events. The document also mentions specific programs like the Overhead Sewer Program Guide in Springfield, Illinois, and resources for understanding sewer systems in the Chicago metro area.