Sentences with phrase «by flood control»

Full finished basement provides plenty of space for your large gathering with a full bath protected by flood control system.

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The way to stop floods is by building dams and controlling the flow of rivers; plagues and epidemics are conquered by more precise knowledge about bacteria and viruses: why pray when through the controls made possible by our knowledge of the cause - and - effect linkage we can do for ourselves as much as can be done?

They save an elderly lady from a flood as a pirate ship casually sails past, and attend an out - of - control campfire attended by Father Christmas and a cowgirl, showcasing the variety of heroic deeds our fire fighters do.

- A story in the Aug. 7 Du Page section erroneously reported the vote by an informal task force urging support for legislative passage of a bill to give municipalities additional powers to quickly acquire property for flood control projects.

The proposed project was included in a flood - control plan approved in concept by County Board members in late 1993.

But the revisions appear not to have mollified critics of the proposal, who oppose what they say is an «ill - conceived» effort by the county and the Park District to change the essential nature of the park for flood - control purposes.

Kutska and Wilcox said engineers hired by the county are working on final plans that are supposed to take into account the views of residents as well as the flood - control needs.

Both the river and its watershed have been extensively modified by urban development, transportation infrastructure, and flood control projects.

«As the grandson of immigrants, I could never have imagined that one day I would help approve the Judges of the State's highest Court as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, or work side by side with Governors on issues critical to the people of our community — healthcare, flood control, and of course, job creation.»

The accelerated state funding will leverage $ 10 billion in direct capital investment to create thousands of direct jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges; parks, dams and flood control projects; upgrading water systems and educational facilities; and investing in energy efficient improvements to commercial and residential buildings.

He also serves on a flood control task force appointed by Gallo.

EPA says community and flood control releases should remain in the Interim Protocol, while alternative means of turbidity reduction should be sought by DEP, in order to replace the operational releases.

The program consists of two components: $ 21 million through the Business Flood Recovery Grant Program to be directed to eligible entities that sustained direct, physical flood - related damage and $ 9 million through the Flood Mitigation Grant Program to be used to support flood mitigation or flood control projects in waterways impacted by the record - breaking storms.

Climatic control of Mississippi River flood hazard amplified by river engineering.

The key would be to inundate several hundred thousand hectares of the agricultural lands periodically during times of flood to provide as much as 15 billion cubic meters of floodwater storage — three - quarters of the 20 billion cubic meters of flood control offered by the Three Gorges reservoir itself.

It is required by Government to achieve sustainable development in the UK, and the Agency's remit encompasses pollution prevention and control, flood defence, waste management, fisheries, navigation, water quality, water resources, and conservation.

Stunned by what was then the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1928, which ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent such a flood from ever happening again.

Coastal wetlands in Louisiana are economically and esthetically important by providing storm protection, flood control, and essential habitats for a myriad of wildlife.

«Hybrid» solution with small barriers affordable now Assuming a «middle climate change» scenario of about a foot of sea - level rise by midcentury, the team further assessed the cost - effectiveness of each flood - control strategy by measuring whether its benefits, or avoided risk, would outweigh the investment costs.

27.6.1 For the purposes of this clause 27.6, «Force Majeure Event» means any act or event beyond the reasonable control of the Company, including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

(a) For the purposes of this clause 13.1, «Force Majeure Event» means any act or event beyond the reasonable control of ELITESINGLES, including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

An Event Outside Our Control means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, [including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications netControl means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, [including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications netcontrol, [including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks].

As topography, flood control infrastructure, and luck would have it, the school was among the district campuses identified has «minimally impacted» by Harvey and its aftermath.

Neither Party shall be liable for any failure to fulfil its obligations under these Terms if such failure is caused by any circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to flood, fire, earthquake, war, tempest or hurricane beyond the control of either Party or acts of God.

Damage Caused by airborne fallout, rail dust, salt from sea air, salt or other materials used to control road conditions, chemicals, tree sap, stones, hail, earthquake, water or flood, windstorm, lightning, the application of chemicals or sealants subsequent to manufacture, etc., is not covered.

He reveals the most daunting water issues we face today, among them the threat of flooding in China's Yellow River, where rising silt levels will prevent dykes from containing floodwaters; the impoverishment of Pakistan's Sindh, a once - fertile farming valley now destroyed by the 14 million tons of salt that the much - depleted Indus deposits annually on the land but can not remove; the disappearing Colorado River, whose reservoirs were once the lifeblood of seven states but which could dry up as soon as 2007; and the poisoned springs of Palestine and the Jordan River, where Israeli control of the water supply has only fed conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

A&A Printing will not be liable to you for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement caused by any event or circumstance beyond its control, including, but not limited to, denial - of - service attacks, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, terrorism, and labor conditions.

The published market once controlled by big - city editors and sky - scraper high slush piles is flooding, and authors face a new learning curve: how turn a profit.

Draft2Digital LLC will not be liable to you for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder caused by any event or circumstance beyond its control, including, but not limited to, denial - of - service attacks, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, terrorism, and labor conditions.

City officials responded by building flood control measures and diverting the path of the river.

Unless otherwise required by applicable law, we are not responsible and will not incur liability to you for any failure, error, malfunction or any delay in carrying out obligations under this Collateral Account Agreement if such failure, error or delay results from causes that are beyond our reasonable control (including, but not limited to inclement weather, fire, flood, acts of war or terrorism, and earthquakes).

• If obedience and avoidance do not work, try «flooding» by introducing several new dogs in a controlled situation.

Raleigh, NC — AKC Pet Disaster Relief, a national program spearheaded by AKC Reunite and dedicated to keeping pets and their owners safe in the aftermath of tornadoes, floods, wildfires and other natural or civil disasters, presented its third trailer in the state of Maryland to officials from Calvert County Sheriff's Office Animal Control Unit.

b) If We are unable to provide this Service because of something beyond our reasonable control such as technical failure, lightning, flood, or exceptionally severe weather, fire or explosion, civil disorder, war, or military operations, natural or local emergency, anything done by government or other competent authority or industrial disputes of any kind (whether or not involving our employees), We will not be liable for this.

The creek is soon joined by Imperial Creek as it begins to flow southwest through a series of flood control channels, alternatively earth and concrete lined.

Mulcoy Travel does not accept any liability in contract or in tort for any personal injury, death, damage, loss, delay, additional expenses or inconvenience caused directly or indirectly by force majeure or other events which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to, war, civil disturbance, fire, criminal activity, floods, unusually severe weather, acts of Government or any authorities, accidents to or failure of machinery or equipment, or your failure to obtain a passport, visa or proper vaccinations or to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Once tickets have been issued Virgin Atlantic shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations caused by (but not limited to) weather conditions, fire, flood, strike, hurricane, industrial dispute, war, terrorist activity, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, or any other circumstances beyond the control of Virgin Atlantic.

Even the most reluctant tyke will be amazed by the sheer volume of water that hurtles over the Huka Falls - and when the flow control gates open at Aratiatia the gorge is quickly flooded by the waters of the Waikato River.

The game design has been heavily informed by the unique experience VR provides and the counter-to-popular wisdom approach of utilizing VR to restrict and control the player's senses rather than flood them.

Political pressure is never - ending — «In June 1982, Assistant Secretary of the Army William Gianelli toured the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway by helicopter and instructed the Memphis District to allow development that was compatible with flood control» (Morgan, 1999).

Most of the Middle Mississippi River levees are currently rated Unacceptable (like 44.5 % of rated levee miles nationwide); plus there are major geotechnical issue documented by our research — subsidence and compaction and un-permitted levee modifications using road gravel that is unsuited to flood control.

But then came the «high - flow experiment,» (HFE as the U.S. Department of the Interior calls it), a plan to release some of the sediment which the dams are retaining by means of controlled flooding.

Historically, the tribal experience with increasing energy demands here has been catastrophic: tribes along the Missouri River were flooded by dams constructed to provide hydropower and flood control benefits for downstream communities.

A few years ago, beguiled by the predictions of permanent drought, the leaders in Queensland Australia decided not to enhance their flood control system.

The passage of Proposition 1 by Californians, calling for enlargement of the California flood control and irrigation system, might be evidence that the public have become alerted to the threat of repeated floods and droughts, and are starting to take appropriate action.

Now we have «Hay Duke» Kitzhaber D - Retread runnning for Oregon Governor, who wants to kill that flood control on the Snake, by blowing up the Snake River Dams.

Our common experience with hurricanes, tornadoes thunderstorms, blizzards, floods, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions should lead to the common sense conclusion that weather and climate are controlled by natural laws on an enormous scale that dwarfs human activity.

Peak reduction is achieved by setting up areas within or aside the river network that can be flooded in a controlled manner when the river stage reaches critical levels.

According to that report, although a sea level rise of 1.6 feet or more would negatively affect large portions of the City, the «worst - case scenario» for sea level rise projects a 1.6 foot increase to be reached in 2047 assuming no mitigation or adaptation efforts... Furthermore, even assuming a 2 - foot sea level rise, only 0.1 square miles of land in the City that isn't potentially protected by levees or other flood control structures is below two feet of elevation.»

Winnowing down a list of possible culprits will be extremely difficult as tourism on the islands has flourished over the past few years; indeed, following calls for stricter controls by the UNESCO, Ecuador is now seriously weighing proposals to limit the amount of tourists flooding the Galapagos.UNESCO placed the Galapagos on its list of World Heritage sites, citing the threats posed by invasive species, tourism, immigration and illegal organ trafficking.