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'It's a whole new era,' Ditch 6 levee groundbreaking in southwest Iowa

It s a whole new era, Ditch 6 levee groundbreaking in southwest Iowa
You ll just see this thing rising off the ground and becoming a levee, project manager Lance Lansdown says
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Updated: 5:39 PM CDT May 5, 2021
It s a whole new era, Ditch 6 levee groundbreaking in southwest Iowa
You ll just see this thing rising off the ground and becoming a levee, project manager Lance Lansdown says
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Updated: 5:39 PM CDT May 5, 2021
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WAVERLE: THE RESIDENTS OF HAMBURG SAID THEY WANTED A BIGGER AND BETTER LEVEE, WE’LL NOW THEY’RE GETTING I WELL NOW, THEY’RE GETTING IT. THE LEVEE WILL BE RAISED 8 FEET AND WILL PREVENT WATER FROM EVER GETTING INTO HAMBURG AGAIN. IT’S BEEN A 10-YEAR BATTLE FOR HAMBURG TO RAISE THIS LEVEE AFTER FLOODING IN 2011 AND AGAIN IN 2019. THE CITY DIDN’T GIVE UP. WE TRIED TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT NOTHING WAS AVAILABLE FOR PREVENTION. WAVERLE: FAS ....

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How An Iowa Town Won Its Fight For Better Flood Protection

In spring 2019, floodwaters spilled over the top of the Ditch 6 levee and submerged most of Hamburg, Iowa. There wasn t enough time to build the levee higher before the 2019 flood, like the Corps of Engineers did in 2011.
Katie Peikes
/ Harvest Public Media
Originally published on April 13, 2021 12:28 pm
Levees protect people, towns, and agriculture from flooding. But two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town.
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Hamburg in southwest Iowa sits five miles from the Missouri River, sandwiched between it and the Nishnabotna River. Just outside of town, the Ditch 6 levee stretches for a mile and a half, shielding the town of 1,100 people from runoff from the Loess Hills to the north and east. Built in 1998, it also serves as a secondary line of defense for Hamburg’s industri ....

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How An Iowa Town Won Its Fight For Better Flood Protection

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In spring 2019, floodwaters spilled over the top of the Ditch 6 levee and submerged most of Hamburg, Iowa. There wasn t enough time to build the levee higher before the 2019 flood, like the Corps of Engineers did in 2011.
Two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town.
Hamburg, Iowa, sits five miles from the Missouri River, sandwiched between it and the Nishnabotna River. Just outside of town, the Ditch 6 levee stretches for a mile and a half, shielding the town of 1,100 people from runoff from the Loess Hills to the north and east. Built in 1998, it also serves as a secondary line of defense for Hamburg’s industrial buildings and homes if a main levee along the Missouri River is overtopped or breached. ....

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