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  2. Flood control channel - Wikipedia

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    Flood control channels are large and empty basins where surface water can flow through but is not retained (except during flooding), or dry channels that run below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if a flash flood occurs the excess water can drain out along these channels into a river or other bodies of water. Flood channels are ...

  3. Flood management - Wikipedia

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    Flood control channels are large and empty basins where surface water can flow through but is not retained (except during flooding), or dry channels that run below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if a flash flood occurs the excess water can drain out along these channels into a river or other bodies of water. Flood channels are ...

  4. Vermont maintains a list of registered contractors to avoid ...

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    After Vermont's most recent flooding and flood-damaged homes, the state is encouraging people to use its list of registered contractors for repairs.

  5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works controversies

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    The task force consisted of members from the [National Science Foundation], the [National Academy of Sciences], the [National Institute of Standards and Technology], and the [American Water Works Association]. [26] The task force's report criticized how ASCE conducts its peer reviews and recommended improvements.

  6. Major flood protection project in Tampa is incomplete as city ...

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    Major infrastructure upgrades meant to protect Florida’s Tampa Bay area from flooding are months away from completion, as the vulnerable region braces for what could be the worst hurricane in ...

  7. Floodplain restoration - Wikipedia

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    Land use of the Manawatu River Floodplain in New Zealand. Floodplain restoration is the process of fully or partially restoring a river's floodplain to its original conditions before having been affected by the construction of levees (dikes) and the draining of wetlands and marshes.

  8. Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project - Wikipedia

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    A map of the FM Area Diversion Project. The Fargo-Moorhead (FM) Area Diversion project, officially known as the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Diversion Flood Risk Management Project, is a large, regional flood control infrastructure project on the Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

  9. Thousands of US communities forgo federal flood insurance - AOL

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    Nationally, 2,279 communities don't participate in the voluntary program that provides insurance against flood damage, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and most ...