The research indicates that horizontal levees may provide a cost-effective solution to coastal flooding. "Horizontal levees could be a less expensive way to reduce the risk of levee failure with ...

As the tally of canceled federal grants involving infrastructure projects in Sutter County mounts, there was some reaction today from local and federal elected officials to the latest blow: the ...

He noted that these vacant lots can flood during a storm and absorb rainwater, similar to a rain garden. "It'd be like a … natural-retention detention area for the water," he said. Mohamed ...

As ocean levels rise, coastal communities face an ever-increasing risk of severe flooding. The existing infrastructure ... “And yet we degrade them.” A natural upgrade Expanding the height of the ...

“They spent a lot of money on a flood study, the flood study recommended a levee that would protect the CBD. “This has been a record flood level for Taree.” ...

One resident reported savings of approximately $2,000 for her annual flood insurance bill as a direct result of the completion of the levee ... leadership, natural world, resource allocation ...

For the more than 160 homes in the FEMA-designated floodplain at risk for future flooding, March 23 represented a turning point: the groundbreaking of a $30 million levee and pumping station ...

When the plant was removed and the earthen levee was added, the old basement wall was left in place as the flood wall, “which was not at all constructed like a flood wall or a retaining wall ...