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Recent Examples of floodway
Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.
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Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
In 2020, the county passed two ordinances to tighten rules on building in high-risk areas and prevent development in floodways.
—Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Camp Mystic has two sites, both of which overlap with either the floodway or areas the federal government has determined have a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
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Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
In 2020, the county passed two ordinances to tighten rules on building in high-risk areas and prevent development in floodways.
—Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Camp Mystic has two sites, both of which overlap with either the floodway or areas the federal government has determined have a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodway
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Afterward, Dole proposed to donate the dam, reservoir and ditch system to the state in exchange for an agreement to repair the spillway to meet and maintain dam safety standards.—
Audrey McAvoy,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The project would improve the existing spillway location to add an extra layer of protection and meet California state standards.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Upgrades to storm water pumping stations Cost: $3 million The details: Equipment repair and replacement at six stormwater pumping stations, including new sluice gates, gate valves and actuators.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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Dump the remaining gravel through a sluice box to remove lighter sand and small rocks, which filter into a gold pan.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Floodway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodway. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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