The government approved the building up pumps for Mississippi Delta flood control in 1941. More than eight decades later, a ...

The plan was drawn up as a less expensive version of One Lake. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will cost nearly ...

NEW ORLEANS – The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet President Bush's promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last ...

Size doesn't matter with many things. Flood control isn't one of them. This spring, Dallas plans to test its new Able Pump Station, an enormous facility that replaces Small Able, built in 1932 ...

MANKATO — It's been roughly 40 years since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calculated the size of pumps necessary to keep Mankato dry at a time of major floods.

WATERLOO | Mayor Tim Hurley stood near in the shadows of the former Rath Packing Co. six years ago this week and issued an urgent demand. "I need more pumps right now," Hurley said as record ...

Flooded I-70 results in $45,000 fine for contractor, new pump system safeguards Report says incorrect computer settings kept flood-control system from turning on during August storm ...

The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District’s system of pumps and basins was working close to its limit on ground already soaked.

Photo caption: A section of the Louisiana coast. Photo courtesy Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s Facebook page. Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board ...