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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
Noun
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Beyond the decrepit hydro plant, the entire dam's spillway is too small to pass a probable maximum flood and upgrades could cost millions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The spillway structure consists of a newer 25-foot wide concrete spillway with two 11-foot wide underflow radial gates, added in 1974, and the original 26-foot wide with three 6-foot wide underflow sliding gates.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some residents said the country club contribues to flooding by opening its sluice gate when rain is forecast.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 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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“Floodway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodway. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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