Sentences with phrase «including levees»

Less than half the nearly 95 miles of border construction, including levees along the Rio Grande in Texas, would be for new barriers, with the rest for repair of existing segments.

Not exact matches

Thanks to pockets of investment for things like a new $ 1.2 billion medical center that will spearhead bio-tech research, and a staggering $ 70 billion in federal aid that has gone to rebuilding infrastructure — including a $ 15 billion state of the art levee system — Landrieu says, the city has created 9,100 new jobs since his administration took over in 2010.

Alan Duncan turned up in full Privy Council levee, including bringing the ostrich feather adorned hat.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, heading up the project for the buried seawall, which includes building a levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach, recently entered the design phase which is expected to take one year.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed its feasibility phase last month, moving to the design phase for the projects, which includes building the seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, and a levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to push protecting New York City from what he fears is a new pattern of violent storms, possibly including construction of levees and sea walls.

Examples of operational risk scenarios include rapid lake level rise when the tunnel is closed for repair, and the failure of engineered structures such as the sediment retention structure and levees.

This includes big infrastructure projects to control floods, like levees and breakwaters; retrofitting individual homes or moving homeowners away from floodplains; and restoring wetlands to serve as natural water sinks.

The Anshang site, discovered in 2012, includes the remains of a human - constructed levee and three irrigation / drainage ditches dating to the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046 - 256 BC).

The 50 - year, $ 50 billion Master Plan for the Coast (in 2012 dollars) includes projects to build levees, pump sediment into sinking areas, and build massive diversions on the river to reconnect it with the dying delta.

That new approach could include strategies such as removing or setting back levees in some locations to promote seasonal flooding, strengthening regulations to reduce the discharge of contaminants into waterways, reworking the operations of some dams to facilitate fish passage, and changing federal and state laws to move conservation efforts to a broad, ecosystem - based approach.

That includes improving the pump stations to protect the levees, raising the height of the levees and dunes, adding in overflow protection and raising the homes they're protecting.

His Off - Broadway credits include TWELFTH NIGHT, CYMBELINE, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Lortel Award for Best Supporting Actor), THE TEMPEST (The Public); Julie Taymor's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT»S DREAM and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (TFANA); ON THE LEVEE (Lincoln Center); MOTHER COURAGE (CSC); DISPATCHES FROM (A) MENDED AMERICA, WIDOWERS» HOUSES, (Epic Theatre Ensemble).

Some major partner airlines that DO N'T levee surcharge include United, EVA Air, Singapore Airlines, and Copa Airlines.

The natural disaster can cause ancillary issues including short - and long - term loss of electricity, property destruction and consequent loss of shelter, levee and dam breaches, road blockage and loss of communications facilities.

Less common nesting habitat includes bluff - backed beaches, dredged material disposal sites, salt pond levees, dry salt ponds, and river bars (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2001).

Some major partner airlines that DO N'T levee surcharge include United, EVA Air, Singapore Airlines, and Copa Airlines.

On August 30, 2005, the levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina flooded her studio, her home and many of her paintings, including those set underwater.

Some of the resiliency measures looked at by New York, which other coastal communities can consider, include floodwalls, levee systems, relocation of critical building infrastructure such as electrical equipment and wetland replenishment.

Intentional levee raising without necessary studies, engineering, or permitting has a range of potential negative impacts including both a false sense of security and the potential for exporting flood risk to neighboring levee communities.

They included raising and modifying highway bridges that impeded the flow of river water, and upgrading levees and pumps to manage excess backwater flooding in the lower reaches of the river basins.

Eligible activities under the Mid-South module include: 1) removal of rice straw from the field after harvest, 2) early drainage at the end of the growing season, 3) intermittent flooding during the growing season, and 4) increased water and / or energy use efficiency, achieved through measures including but not limited to: convert contour levees to precision or zero grade; use of side inlet / poly piping systems; use of more efficient diesel pumps; switch from diesel to electric pumps; use of soil moisture sensors to tailor flood to water needs.

And this doesn't even include the cost of sea - level - rise - driven saltwater contamination of California's freshwater delta and levee systems.

Others include railways, levees, dams, roads and satellites.

This includes losses resulting from water overflowing rivers or streams, heavy or prolonged rain, storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, broken dams or levees, or other similar causes.

Some homeowner's insurance policies do not include flood coverage, but federally subsidized coverage is available in Monroe, where a levee system provides only partial protection against flood waters.