Flood risk assessment for homeowners

Remember energy audits?  Soon you could benefit from a flood audit.

An expert came to your home, measured how your much energy you were wasting and how, with a few simple fixes, you could save on heating and electricity bills.

Now a RI state commission wants to offering flood audits. An expert would visit a property or business, do a flood risk assessment of the land, assets, and structure, and give the owner an evaluation, including risk and preparedness, plus specific resiliency measures available.

Of course, RI is more exposed than most states. In Newport alone, over 50% of the city’s parcels lie within or touch today’s flood plain, a total value of $3.8 billion.