It’s flood season again on the Upper Mississippi River. While flooding this year has been mild so far, studying the trends over the last decade has become a full-time job for Teresa Stadelmann, vice president of H.R. Green, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based engineering and design firm.
Also the company's water resources regional manager for Iowa and Minnesota, she is working on three studies to determine options for cities and towns that are struggling with more storms, rising water levels, aging infrastructure and lack of funding. Stadelmann says that 20 years ago, such research was barely a business, but today “It’s keeping me busy.”