Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) is currently undergoing flood control projects on both the Sparks Campus in Eufaula and the Wallace Campus in Dothan. These projects are designed to address long-standing issues of soil erosion on both campuses. The flood control projects are in various stages of completion on each campus.
“These flood control projects are necessary for soil erosion control on both our College campuses,” stated Marc Nicholas, WCCD Dean of Business Affairs. “These essential campus improvements will make a huge difference in managing the flow of water on both sites and will mitigate flooding issues that have occurred in the past. Our aim in these projects is to make both WCCD campuses the best that they can be for our students, staff, and visitors.”
Previous drainage lines had become defective on the Sparks Campus in Eufaula, causing soil erosion damage to the administration parking lot as well as in other areas on campus. Construction is scheduled to begin within the next two weeks on a retention pond that will control the water that flows off campus to surrounding areas. This project necessitated the removal of several trees within the flooding zone as their root systems could cause berm failure in the retention ponds.
On the Wallace Campus in Dothan, four new retention ponds will be added to the eight currently on campus. Three of the four are ninety percent completed. Construction on the final pond located on the front of the Wallace Campus along Napier Field Road will begin this week, as the College partners with the City of Dothan Utilities to reroute a forced main sewer line.
“Wallace is grateful to partner with Dothan Utilities in this project,” said Greg Clemons, WCCD Director of Facilities and Maintenance. “We would like to thank Mayor Saliba, Mr. Cowper and the City of Dothan for the assistance of manpower in the rerouting of the line so that our flood control project can move forward.”
The flood control project retention ponds will be sodded and will allow water from heavy rains to digest at a manageable rate as intended. The construction of the final retention pond on the Wallace Campus in Dothan will also necessitate the removal of several trees at the front of the campus.
Students, staff and visitors to the Wallace Campus in Dothan and Sparks Campus in Eufaula should use caution on the campus roadways for the duration of project as heavy equipment will be in use during the construction phase.
For more information about the flood control projects on the WCCD campuses, please contact Marc Nicholas at mnicholas@wallace.edu or 334-556-2223.