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City discusses levee study, next step
El Dorado :: AR :: USA | about 11 hours ago
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Scott Rickard, assistant city engineer during a workshop held Wednesday. They hired Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers and Architects to evaluate the levee and certify it. Wilson & Company has competed phase one of that study and brought the results to...
Tags: FEMA, flooding plains, Doug Danaher, El Dorado City Commission, watershed dams, hydrology study, water event, El Dorado, Environment, Dam, Levee, Hurricane Katrina, Floodplain, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Geology, Fluvial landforms, Physical geography, Disaster Accident, Water
Pajaro levee still a work in progress
Watsonville :: CA :: USA | about 17 hours ago
Credibility More years passed as insufficient federal funding hampered Corps progress on feasibility and environmental studies. Then in 2008, the Corps presented a radically different plan that protects Watsonville and Pajaro, while leaving farmland to flood. The...
Tags: Pajaro River, Pajaro Valley, Corps, Santa Cruz County, Eugene Tsugi, Monterey County, environmental studies, Watsonville, Santa Cruz county, levee project, California, Environment, Levee, Pajaro California, Santa Cruz California, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Geography of California, Watsonville California
Preparing for the flood: Pawlenty visits Moorhead
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility As part of the prelude to this spring's Red River Valley flood, Gov. Tim Pawlenty visited Moorhead Wednesday to thank residents who are already stockpiling sandbags. His visit comes as officials in the city and surrounding Clay County have declared emergencies...
Tags: Fargo Forum, Tim Pawlenty, Moorhead, Fargo, Environment, Levee, Weather, Moorhead Minnesota, Atmospheric sciences, Fargo-Moorhead, Sandbag, Soil, Fortification, North Dakota floods, Geography of Minnesota, Red River of the North, Meteorology, Disaster Accident, Flood
Corps hasn't been able to inspect Ouachita River levees
Vicksburg :: MS :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Local flood control officials won't know the fate of the Ouachita River levee system until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts its annual inspection, which has been postponed for months because of flooding. "Because of the high water we've been...
Tags: Ouachita River, corps officials, Joe McFarland, annual inspect, Vicksburg, Environment, Levee, Levee failures in Greater New Orleans, United States, Geotechnical engineering, Preparations for Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works controversies, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Disaster Accident, Water
Dallas diverts Trinity bond funds to levee repairs
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The Dallas Morning News rbush@dallasnews.com Dallas has shifted tens of millions of dollars in Trinity River bond funds to study and repair its substandard levee system but so far has declined to use money set aside for the stalled Trinity toll road...
Tags: toll road, Trinity River, levee repairs, Trinity Parkway, bond funding, Dallas, Dave Neumann, using money, Levee, Geography of Texas, Transportation in Dallas Texas, Texas, North Texas Tollway Authority, Trinity River Project
University Town Center estimates its amount of sales tax revenue for levee improvements
Madison :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A group wanting to build a large-scale retail and entertainment venue on hundreds of acres in Glen Carbon estimates that the development would generate $2 million to $2.5 million in annual revenue for flood control.
Tags: sales tax, University Town Center, Alan Dunstan, Illinois Department of Revenue, flood prevention, prevention district, star bonds, St. Clair County Board, tax revenue, Madison, Public finance, Levee, Sales taxes in the United States, Finance, Illinois, Revenue bonds, Business Finance, Tax, Property tax, St. Louis Missouri
Levee crash kills Woodland man
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility A 62-year-old Woodland man died when his pickup truck drove off the top of a levee into a utility pole. The name of the motorist has not been released pending notification of relatives, Sutter County Sheriff's Department officials said today.
Tags: Sacramento, Levee, Car classifications, Pickup trucks, California Highway Patrol, Truck, Disaster Accident, Law Crime
Trinity toll road faces levee work delays, 'cloudy' funding outlook
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The prospects for the Trinity Parkway are dimmer now than they have been in years. A top city official said last week that the toll road again will be delayed by problems with the Trinity River levees. Work to shore up flood protection will push the road's...
Tags: Trinity River Corridor Project, Trinity Parkway, Dallas City Council committee, NTTA, tolls roads, Tom Leppert, Dallas County, D-Dallas, trinity tolls, river project, Dallas, Levee, Transportation in the United States, Geography of Texas, Transportation in Dallas Texas, Texas, United States Army Corps of Engineers, North Texas Tollway Authority, Trinity River Project, Southwest Parkway
New visions for the Delta: A national park, perhaps?
Walnut Grove :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility One reason is that the Delta's 1,100 miles of levees are mostly private, and their owners are concerned about public access that may damage levees or cause liability. As a result, "No Trespassing" signs in recent years have sprouted on levees faster than...
Tags: Delta Protection Commission, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Delta Stewardship Council, UC Berkeley, Canada, Walnut Grove, California, Levee, Central Valley of California, San Francisco Bay, Tom Torlakson, Sacramento California, Sacramento metropolitan area, River deltas, Geography of California, Fluvial landforms, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Sacramento River
St George braces for flood peak
Brisbane :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility Emergency crews remain on standby at St George ahead of tonight's expected flood peak in the southern inland Queensland town. Authorities estimate 1,600 St George residents could be affected by the flood-swollen Balonne River, with about 300 of them maybe...
Tags: AAP St George, Queensland, Australia, Brisbane, Weather, Disaster Accident, Environment, Meteorology, Flood, Warrego River, St George Queensland, Geography of Australia, Bollon Queensland, Cunnamulla Queensland, States and territories of Australia, Balonne River, Levee, Charleville Queensland, Atmospheric sciences, Ipswich Queensland, Dawson River, Balonne Highway, Dirranbandi Queensland, Thallon Queensland
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