Approaches and tools can be packaged into strategies to reduce flood damage and enhance flood benefits. In the past, most flood-related strategies tried to get water off the land as quickly as possible. Now the benefits of keeping water on the land longer are becoming evident. Preserving old stands of trees, natural swales, wetlands, oxbows, vegetated riparian areas, and meanders; building small weirs, sediment structures, wet gardens, and setback levees; lengthening streams; and accepting large woody debris in the channel are useful techniques. Using these practices to work with the natural motion of the river is more effective–and less expensive–in reducing flood damage and helping us realize benefits from the water.
Floodplain Management
A New Approach for a New Era
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