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The biggest issue most cities face with flooding is large housing editions and shopping centers cover up the ground and cause run-off instead of soaking into the ground. Imagine the difference of open undeveloped ground compared to putting in a big box store and huge parking lot. All that water runs off into the storm drains and they get overwhelmed easily. Every city wants that new big box store but they don't want to pay the money to drain the storm run off to the nearest river. And when the river or creeks gets full of sediment it is expensive to keep it open enough to prevent flooding other areas.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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