Unleashing the Flow
A 70-year-old, two-lane roadway that stretches from Miami to Tamp Bay is impeding the flow of water through the Everglades. By studying eight possible solutions in detail, engineers determined...
Water Resources: Flooded Mines Could Provide Drinking Water
Flood Protection: Virginia Town Moves Mountains to Safeguard Its Future
High-Profile Tunneling
When a flood left a considerable amount of debris in its wake the replacement of a hydroplant's tailrace high in the Peruvian Andes presented formidable challenges....
Flood Protection: Corps Approves Devils Lake Diversion
Highways: Floating Road Makes Flooded Areas Passable
Flood Protection: Design/Build Effort Protects English City, Culture
NewsBriefs: Floods Threaten St. Petersburg (Guardian)
Storm-Water Management: Milwaukee Pursues Nonstructural Approach to Flood Control
Making the Transition
Completed in March, the Thornton Transitional Reservoir, south of Chicago, is providing immediate flood relief and water quality benefits more than decade before a larger storm-water reservoir...
After the Flood
In June 2001, Tropical Storm Allison struck Texas, subjecting the Houston area to one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history. As part of the recovery effort, the Federal Emergency...
Early Warning
Recent improvements in digital technology have given Fort Collins, Colorado, a system that can accurately predict the location and severity of impending floods....
Dams: Flood Risk Forces Baltimore to Raise Height of Primary Dam
Training Grounds
A state-of-the-art training facility at a Texas community college is ready to train fire and rescue personnel to cope with disasters ranging from fuel fires and floods to collapsing structures...
Palm Beach County Creates New Flood Maps Using Lasers
Rock Foundations for Route 33 Bridge over the Lehigh River
Pushing Back
(Available on in special edition) The design for the $3.5-million Cameron Run tunnel rehabilitation project involved a tricky and relatively unproven method of pushing corrugated steel...
Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Ungauged Catchments Flood Prediction
The prediction of floods with acceptable accuracy is the most important step in designing flood control structures and operating flood damage mitigation projects. It is more difficult...
Flood Control: Boring Begins for Chicago Area Storm-Water Relief Project
Buildings: Miami High-Rise Designed to Repel Floodwaters
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