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To combat this, the region has built a complex network of flood control water infrastructure to collect and move flood water swiftly out of the urban area. Further digging into policy, built form, and land use highlights the complexity and contradictions in the region around water.
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A recent study in Water Policy determined that rivers make...
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The Regional Flood Control District collects hydrometeorologic data primarily for the purpose of detecting situations which could cause flooding. This data may not represent the official data for Las Vegas or the Clark County area.
The Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD) was created in 1985 by the Nevada Legislature allowing Clark County to provide broad solutions to flooding problems.
6 Ιουλ 2024 · Las Vegas, NM – On Friday June 21, 2024, several hours of excessive rainfall occurred over the City of Las Vegas and surrounding area, prompting flash flood warnings by the National Weather Service, and soon, many areas in the city began to experience widespread flooding, areas that had never flooded before.
The Regional Flood Control District provides updated Master Plans for the control of flooding by focusing on the following strategies: Identify sustainable solutions to mitigate flooding problems that are efficient, cost effective, and can be implemented.
Invisible Infrastructure: Documenting the Hidden Flood Control Infrastructure in Las Vegas. / Rossi-Mastracci, Jessica. In: Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place and Community, No. 16, 2020. Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
27 Φεβ 2023 · According to the study, on the watershed scale, this infrastructure has caused floodwater density in the Las Vegas Valley to more than double, potentially entailing hazards as the Las Vegas metropolitan area continues to expand outward.
