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'Generation after generation:' A look at some of this year's Christmas Eve bonfire builders
Stretching back at least a century, bonfires have been built on the levees in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes for ...
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Work on LaPlace area’s first hurricane levee about 20 percent complete
Finally, Williams said, a third lift will bring the levee to the 13-foot design height. Soil conditions pose just one of the challenges of building a levee in a swamp. “When it doesn’t rain ...
Sacramento County levee in need of repairs as officials spot erosion, Sherman Island closed
SACRAMENTO COUNTY – Sacramento County officials are taking precautionary measures Friday after discovering a levee is ...
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These Louisiana flood control projects have been approved by Congress. St. Tammany plan is the biggest.
Congress has greenlit a list of Louisiana flood control projects, including a $5.9 billion plan to build a levee around Slidell and elevate thousands of homes and businesses in St. Tammany Parish ...
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With ‘horizontal levee,’ Palo Alto brings new approach to sea-level rise protection
Palo Alto plans to build a a 1,650-foot underground pipeline (in blue) from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant to a horizontal levee (in green) at the Palo Alto Baylands. Map by Jamey Padojino.