Flood Control

Philadelphia's water department has opened its first street made of porous pavement, which will help city streets safer by absorbing rain water.

The rise of sea levels is an inevitable fact. This week, designers, planners, and engineers from the Netherlands and U.S. met to strategize on how the Bay area should deal with it.

New modeling software could soon be available that would allow monitoring across the internet of flood levels in specific areas- like your backyard.

An Army Corps of Engineers flood control project in south-central Mississippi is in danger of being vetoed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But supporters have not given up hope.