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Fairfax County communities question flood protection plan
- Environmentalists and residents in flood-ravaged southern Fairfax County communities have begun to raise new concerns over the details of popular but uncertain flood protections.
Deluge of Palisades flooding complaints brings sewer study
- The D.C. Department of the Environment is studying the District’s Palisades neighborhood to confirm what long-suffering, water-logged residents already know: The community’s storm sewer is utterly inadequate.
- The D.C. Department of the Environment is studying the District’s Palisades neighborhood to confirm what long-suffering, water-logged residents already know: The community’s storm sewer is utterly inadequate.
Fairfax County seeks federal funds for dam upgrades to safeguard area
- Fairfax County is asking Congress to restore millions of dollars worth of funding for dam upgrades so it can meet more stringent state standards and protect downstream communities in the Burke area.
Flood measures for Belle Haven area perplex left-out Huntington residents
- James Breedlove saw the first floor of his Arlington Terrace house washed out in June 2006, when a wave of rank floodwaters swelled up from Cameron Run.
- James Breedlove saw the first floor of his Arlington Terrace house washed out in June 2006, when a wave of rank floodwaters swelled up from Cameron Run.
Fairfax County community may get own flood levee
- The Fairfax County community of Belle Haven, which was ravaged by Hurricane Isabel in 2003, is vulnerable enough to frequent flooding to qualify for millions of dollars worth of federal protection, according to early findings by the Army Corps of Engineers.
