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Upstream Dams Cut Texas Flood Damage and Costs
The USDA Soil Conservation Service says 138 upstream dams and land treatment in the Upper Trinity watershed prevented about 1 million dollars in flood damages to crops pastures livestock homes roads and utilities. If all planned detention works were built damages could reach 8.8 million with 40 000 acre feet of sediment trapped.
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Trinity
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Willams
USDA
Soil Conservation Service
Williams
Honey Creek
East Fork
Athens
Gray’s Creek
Corsicana
Green’s Creek
Dublin
SCS
Lampasas
Texs