Exploring 400+ miles of flood-control tunnels beneath Las Vegas. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Even locally, there was a focus on more mundane flood-control issues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2005] Reference
It was founded in 1926 and supplies flood-control and irrigation pumps all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [Submitted Without Comment] Reference
In addition, it has potential benefits for wastewater treatment and flood-control facilities. From Wordnik.com. [4 Questions and Answers] Reference
The Dutch effort to modernize their flood-control system is an adaptation project on a grand scale. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Deluge] Reference
The idea of flood-control dams had been suggested before, but his department felt these were not practical. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Squarely in the middle of this conundrum sit four broad-shouldered flood-control dams on the lower Snake River. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: 2017 is Just Around the corner for Salmon] Reference
The drain opened into a grooved, stone-faced flood-control channel that ran the length of a spacious courtyard. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Several Katrina lawsuits have failed because the government generally cannot be sued for its flood-control projects. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign-Finance Indictment] Reference
And flood-control measures reduced the sediment deposits that kept the land above water: Homes and cemeteries were abandoned. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf oil spill touches isolated Pointe-au-Chien Indian tribe and its past] Reference
Typically, the Corps hands the responsibility of upkeep to state and local authorities after completing a flood-control project. From Wordnik.com. [Defenses Upgraded, but Some Seek More] Reference
Establishing a major thoroughfare on the water side of a levee is rare, if not unprecedented, and could complicate flood-control. From Wordnik.com. [Down by the Riverside,] Reference
Manifestly, it must again be covered with hurricane-control, flood-control, and erosion-control vegetation, chiefly trees, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
Extensive riparian forests and woodlands have been destroyed by decades of tree-cutting, channelization, and flood-control projects. From Wordnik.com. [California Central Valley grasslands] Reference
I did also want to look firsthand at the flood-control structures, and again, the rains were not as great as we might have anticipated. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005] Reference
An agreement signed with the U.S. provided for the multimillion-dollar power and flood-control development of the Columbia River Basin. From Wordnik.com. [1964, Jan. 22] Reference
Roofs are leaking, mud is flowing, and water is raging, not only through flood-control channels, but down driveways and anything on a slope. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2005] Reference
That's still a minority viewpoint, and whatever the flood-control benefits, the program is changing the face of rivers throughout the heartland. From Wordnik.com. [To The River, The Spoils] Reference
And the rest of the failures were a part of a flood-control system, and Congress had given the Corps blanket immunity for flood control projects. From Wordnik.com. [Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster] Reference
It was connected to the river until the construction of flood-control dikes in 1948 and 1978 which first hindered then prevented its annual flooding. From Wordnik.com. [Srebarna Nature Reserve, Bulgaria] Reference
Corps officials say they have presented a menu of options to Congress for further work on flood-control projects and are working on wetlands restoration. From Wordnik.com. [Defenses Upgraded, but Some Seek More] Reference
And what they were recognizing is that the flood-control services provided by forests are three times as valuable to society as the timber in those trees. From Wordnik.com. [Saving the Planet With Plan B 2.0] Reference
The law requires federal officials to determine whether such things as highway construction and flood-control projects will alter the surrounding landscape. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: GOP To Screw Up the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)] Reference
At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane - and flood-control dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Katrina-Bush] Reference
At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane - and flood-control dollars. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: BUNCH: Why the Levee Broke] Reference
At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane - and flood-control dollars. '. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: BUNCH: Why the Levee Broke] Reference
The corps became the primary federal flood-control agency in the 20th century, integrating and building out thousands of miles of levees in the Mississippi River system. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane - and flood-control dollars (1). From Wordnik.com. [The Silencing of Jazz City �� Domestic Policy in Action] Reference
There are no dams on the Juba and Shabelle rivers within Somalia, and pre-war flood-control measures (off-stream reservoirs, flood relief canals) have fallen into disrepair. From Wordnik.com. [Water profile of Somalia] Reference
Lang Lang/Reuters The child was buried along with four adults in debris and died after emergency treatment failed, Xinhua said, citing the city's flood-control headquarters. From Wordnik.com. [Water Rafts] Reference
P82-B planned flood-control projects remain in drawing board. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Arroyo brings home new debts, Thai rice] Reference
Army Corps of Engineers '16 flood-control dams and reservoirs in the upper. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Weather Service: Midwestern floods highly probable] Reference
Senate were considering a flood-control dam (completed 80 years after the flood). From Wordnik.com. [Crosscut] Reference
Three flood-control projects to get under way by Sadie Jo Smokey - Feb. 18, 2010 10: 34 AM. From Wordnik.com. [azcentral.com | news] Reference
The project includes flood-control and beautification improvements along the U.S. Highway 61. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.muscatinejournal.com] Reference
Three flood-control projects will begin this summer to improve drainage in Phoenix neighborhoods. From Wordnik.com. [azcentral.com | news] Reference
The district's storm water efforts have included creating model flood-control ordinances that nearly all local governments have adopted. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
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