§ 8753 Flood Control Project Requirements

• •If a river or stream is blocked by a levee (a big wall to hold back water), the project must include ways to move the water around it.
• •The project must have things like canals (man-made rivers), pumps, and other tools to control where the water goes.
• •The goal is to stop flooding by making sure water can still flow safely around the block.

A town builds a big wall (levee) to stop a river from flooding. But now the river water has nowhere to go, so it starts pooling up and causing more problems.

The law says the town must also build canals, pumps, or other ways to move the water around the wall so it doesn’t cause flooding elsewhere.