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Randolph flood control project in the Lower Elkhorn NRD.
Salt Creek Levee at Old Cheney Road in the Lower Platte South NRD.
Big Elk Lake construction for flood control in the Papio-Missouri River NRD.
Lower Big Blue NRD's Plum Creek structure running through a slip-lined tube after spring rains.
 

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Flood Control

As long as rain falls and snow melts, floods will occur. Natural Resources Districts work with landowners and other agencies to minimize the damages that floods cause.

From Gering Valley in the Nebraska Panhandle to Papio Creek in the Omaha metropolitan area, Districts employ a watershed protection approach. Utilizing floodplain management measures, the NRDs design and build dams, levees, dikes, drainage ditches and other structures to keep flood waters from taking lives or damaging crops, buildings and roads.

Often, flood control projects provide an added benefit of recreational opportunities. Trails can be found along waterways or atop levees. Flood control reservoirs offer great sites for land and water recreation.

Districts  aid communities in planning flood control and mitigation projects, bringing many interested agencies together to work toward a common goal.

 
 

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