“There's a thought that flooding incises, or removes, the sediment in a channel, but we’re seeing that floods actually deposit a significant amount of sediment into these channels,” says Santos.

and the condition of the channel was better than it is now. We had to remove sediment afterwards in ’98, but nothing has been done since.” McCollum was the county’s flood control ...

“As design requirements have evolved and changed, flood control channels of today ... you have is a lot of sediment, a lot of dirt, a lot of sand with no natural deposits so we can’t channel ...

Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will start sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach on Jan. 11 following heavy rains across the county. Santa Barbara County Flood Control Director ...

He and the researchers report sediment deposits during Harvey ... as seen in the ship channel, but also because of the potential impact it can have on flooding in the Houston area.

(WJHL) — He already knew plenty about the potential for catastrophic flooding in Northeast Tennessee ... of Hurricane Helene wrought. “Sediment deposit of several feet in some areas ...

A sediment and debris management study commissioned by the Oriskany Creek Watershed Commission has identified several strategies to mitigate flooding ... downcutting of the channel and loss ...

As politicians argue over just how much land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion could ... Then, in 2019, flooding pushed the narrow channel into a widening crevasse. To mirror what Neptune ...

Iowa has had a wide range of weather in the past few weeks, with areas of extreme flooding in the northwest part of the state. As the waters begin to recede, there are many considerations people ...

The goal is “to restore recreation uses and eliminate hazards” created by floodwater deposits in the 273-acre Union County oxbow lake during historic flooding last June. “All sediment and ...