Option

Construct and operate flood barriers, levees, and diversions

Details

Focus of action

Flood barriers, dams, and levees

Examples from plans

This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.

Option from plan	Hazards Sort descending	Assets	Region	Source Plan
Establish a fund to maintain or rehabilitate existing flood protection infrastructure such as flood walls, levees and diversions.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General	Multiple or All Assets Water Infrastructure – Stormwater	National	HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 16)
Build levees or earthen dikes around flood-threatened critical public facilities.	Flooding – General	Critical Facilities	National	HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 16)
Create resilient flood control systems.	Flooding – General	Multiple or All Assets	Southeast	Southeast Florida Compact Regional Climate Action Plan - Energy and Fuel
Collaborate with federal and state partners on flood protection projects.	Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Multiple or All Assets	Southeast	Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 182)
Use flood walls, levees, floodways or diversions to control and direct floodwaters. Adopt holistic strategies that minimize upstream and downstream impacts.	Flooding – General	Aquatic and Marine Resources Natural Areas and Wildlife	National	HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 16)

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