Methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters.
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Examples for "flood protection "
Examples for "flood protection "
1 I think there's a north-south divide in flood protection in this country.
2 That once-in-100-year-event has become the Corps' minimum standard for New Orleans' flood protection .
3 Records show the bridge was built in the 1950s for flood protection work.
4 But there's no place for playing politics in the serious business of flood protection .
5 Removing gravel also helps with river management and flood protection .
1 Staff activated the flood control gates at Moutoa on the Manawatu River.
2 I've gotta do an assessment for flood control : drainage, sump placement-
3 In 1937 the Mississippi River rose again and tested the new flood control plan.
4 Milton property owners will today be told how new flood control measures will affect them.
5 Facebook Twitter Pinterest G-Cans underground water flood control project.
6 On his Twitter page, Widodo blamed delays in flood control infrastructure projects for the flooding.
7 Ashfaq agreed that more reservoirs and dams were needed to store water and for flood control .
8 The War Department was developing a flood control plan that would cover only the lower Mississippi.
9 In the part that sound water resource projects play in providing irrigation, power, and flood control .
10 The irrigation, flood control and power generation provided by dams has been significantly helpful for humans.
11 We must push forward the development of our rivers for power, irrigation, navigation, and flood control .
12 However, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration says it has made flood control a top priority in recent years.
13 Gallery: Tamagawa River flood control Note: video is in Japanese, but graphics illustrate the flood control system.
14 The government justified its decision to push ahead by citing massive clean power generation and flood control .
15 IBM also provides systems for managing water infrastructure, such as levee oversight and flood control , Nunes said.
16 The business also makes pumps and filtration systems used in flood control and the oil and gas industry.
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This collocation consists of: Translations for flood control