Welcome to the DC Flood Task Force’s Action Plan Hub. Here you can learn about the actions that the District of Columbia is taking to reduce flood risk in the city, and the Action Plans that were officially approved by the Full Task Force in 2022 and 2023. Click here to return to the DC Flood Task Force Home Page.

Action Categories

The Task Force is required by the City Administrator to develop at least one Action Plan for each of 9 Action Categories shown below.

Flood Insurance

Repairing Flood Damage

Floodproofing

Sewer Line Backups

Flood Infrastructure

Regulations and Permitting

Mapping and Modeling

Planning and Coordination

Emergency Response

Action Plans

Initial ideas for Actions were provided in the Background Document as part of the Task Force Establishment. Through Action Team (subcommittee) meetings, public input, and Task Force direction, the Task Force has identified 27 Actions for District agencies to implement. Each Action Plan is listed below. Click any of the “Group by…” buttons at the top of the table to sort the actions in different ways.

Action Plan Lists

Action Plans

Action Plan Status by Year

Each Action Plan has a section that describes the plan’s implementation timeline. The tables below show the timelines for all actions together by Fiscal Year (FY). Every Action Plan is assigned a high level status for each year in the next 10 FYs. The status options are:

• Wait - The action cannot be done that year, but does not require further study or decision making. It could be waiting on funding or something outside District Government control.
• Study - We have to study alternatives first before we know if we want to pursue the action, or what variation of the action to pursue.
• Implement? - For actions that require a study first, this indicates that implementation will begin only if the study phase recommends it. This status is also used if it is unclear how long the program should last.
• Implement - The action is in the implementation phase. For some actions that recur annually, once in the implementation phase they will stay in it.
• Complete - The action is complete, and no further action is required. For a policy that is enacted, it will be marked as complete once passed, though the effects of it will continue.