The "high level" option consisted simply of raising all of the existing
levees and, where necessary, constructing new
levees to a height that would prevent flooding that could result from the standard project hurricane (SPH), a hypothetical hurricane that was used to guide Corps
levee design and that loosely represented the most extreme hurricane that would be expected to hit New Orleans every 200 to 300 years.
Asked whether the
Levee Task Force would take into consideration scientific consensus on the changing climate, Hutchinson, speaking in an interview in his office, said: "I certainly want the Task Force to follow science."
The last time a cut was made in the
levee was the historic flood of 1993.
The water seemed to be everywhere, but it left the older disused
levee dry above the flood.
The bulk of the funding - nearly $4 billion - will go toward the construction of nearly 27 miles of coastal
levees in southern Orange County and to shore up nearly 30 miles of existing coastal
levees in Port Arthur and Freeport.
Par ailleurs, les banques d'affaires ont desormais un vivier identifie de 58 entreprises, sur lequel ils peuvent travailler et imaginer des idees de deals dont ceux relatifs a la
levee de dette ou a la cotation.
As part of the ongoing Sacramento River Bank Protection Project, the work will repair river bank erosion and protect
levees along the Sacramento River and its tributaries to reduce flood risk for the Central.
La
levee de l'integralite des sanctions sera echelonnee sur dix ans, et durant 15 ans les mesures pourront etre automatiquement retablies en cas de manquements de l'Iran.
The bad management was embodied in the long stretches of
levees flanking the river.
Remote sensing of the Mississippi River
levee came about as a collaborative effort between many federal and state government agencies.