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Restoring floodplains can help regulate flood events and mitigate flood related damage. [6] Floodplain restoration can also increase biodiversity by creating new or restoring degraded habitat and encourage growth of native species. [7] [8] Methods of wetland restoration in the floodplain, can help better water quality. [9]
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1936 (FCA 1936) to authorize use of funds contributed by States and other political subdivisions for environmental restoration (currently, only flood control) work. Amends the FCA 1948 to allow the construction of both small structural and nonstructural projects, and to increase from $5 million to $7 million the ...
Essential steps for a safe and efficient post-flood home cleanup, from assessing damage to thorough disinfection.
September 8, 1988 (16 South Williams Street: 17: Dayton Canoe Club: Dayton Canoe Club: July 2, 2008 (1020 Riverside Dr. 18: Dayton Country Club: February 20, 2024
Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial terraces, or uplands by distinctly steeper strips of land called "risers".
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 ...
The Hidden Valley floodplain restoration project is adjacent to a restored section of Dos Rios, in the foreground, west of Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. The nonprofit River Partners is ...
The Miami Conservancy District is a river management agency operating in Southwest Ohio to control flooding of the Great Miami River and its tributaries. It was organized in 1915 following the catastrophic Great Dayton Flood of the Great Miami River in March 1913, which hit Dayton, Ohio particularly hard.