Dealing with Levees in the Absence of National Policy

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Dealing with Levees in the Absence of National Policy

Dealing with Levees in the Absence of National Policy

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Civilizations Have Grown Around Water Infrastructure

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Civilizations Have Grown Around Water Infrastructure

And People Tried to Deal <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> Flood Challenge

Page 1 and 2: Levee Is Not A FourLetter Word…bu
Page 3: Floods and the Need for Protection
Page 7 and 8: And They Kept the Water Out
Page 9 and 10: But Some Levees Fail or Overtop -an
Page 11 and 12: Levees Come in Many FormslToday -do
Page 13 and 14: But We Don’t Know What Need toKno
Page 15 and 16: Levees Have Different Levels of Pro
Page 17 and 18: Levee Liability - Paterno• When a
Page 19 and 20: Not Maintaining and Upgrading OurIn
Page 22 and 23: What Should We Do?
Page 24 and 25: National Levee Safety Program Act o
Page 26 and 27: History Tells Us• Levee Problems
Page 29: Floods are an act ofGod; flood dama