LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Henderson city leaders took a moment at City Hall Tuesday to honor something most people never see but depend on every time it rains.
They proclaimed “Concrete Pipe Week” to thank a local company that helps keep neighborhoods from flooding.
The city presented a proclamation to Rinker Materials and the American Concrete Pipe Association, recognizing the role their storm drain pipe plays in Henderson’s flood control system. Officials said those concrete lines divert water away from homes and streets and back toward Lake Mead, protecting families when monsoon rains hit. Much of the work is buried underground, but city leaders said it is critical infrastructure as the valley continues to grow.
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“Henderson has a very robust flood control system, and we use the concrete piping to divert water away from our communities and into our sewer systems or into our capturing system so that it can flow back out to Lake Mead,” said Michelle Romero, mayor of Henderson.
“It’s important to protect our communities and the work that they do ensures that we have really solid materials that help us use that water and get it off the street and into a safe place,” Romero said.
“A lot of people always think of Las Vegas, oh, it never rains there. But as we all know, when it does rain, it comes down in sudden volumes in a short amount of time. And Las Vegas being like a bowl and the ground conditions are very hard,” said Steve Nilforoushan, director of technical resources engineering for Rinker Materials Corporation.
Rinker says its pipes are made locally and designed to last more than 100 years, giving Henderson and the rest of the valley a way to handle sudden desert downpours.
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