In acknowledgment of climate change, the first statewide flood plan in Texas history is underway.
from cities, counties, utilities, river authorities, and the public, compiles information about the region, modeling and mapping its flood risk within the 100-year floodplain. Austin lies within, an area the size of West Virginia, encompassing 43 counties.
Personett says structural projects are often costly, have adverse environmental impacts, and are difficult to get permitted. One common nonstructural alternative is property buyouts such as at, where, after disastrous flooding in 2013, the city of Austin acquired around 800 homes in the creek watershed.
Planning groups have no authority to compel municipalities to implement projects; that's up to each individual county or city."Identifying and solving [structural] problems has always been primarily a local responsibility. This isn't going to change that. But this is intended to try, first at a regional and then a statewide level, to get a grip on the overall degree of flood risks that exist, and what some of the potential solutions might be.
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