The Lempels say one inch of water on the street equals about 18 inches in their sloped driveway. The hope is that barrier can stop it at the street level. "Is it perfect? Absolutely not.

You could stand on the barrier and look west across 8 miles of marsh and open water to the city skyline with no other visible defenses in between. That view was humbling—and clarifying.

Cheryl Whitmer, of U.S. Flood Control, had workers install temporary water-filled barriers in two low-lying neighborhoods: Twin Lakes and Stillwright Point.

Dan Walters, Nicholas Spence, Kayli Kuikman, Budhendra Singh, Multi-Barrier Protection of Drinking Water Systems in Ontario, International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, Special Issue: ...

For the last 45 years, the EPA has required discharge permits in wetlands “adjacent” to water bodies, even if a dune, levee or other barrier separated the two. The Sackett decision upends that ...

In a statement issued Friday, El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 takes issue with U.S. Customs and Border Protection apparently building an added barrier along the north side of the ...

Funded by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to the tune of €5.8m, the scheme is to install flood defence barrier systems at front and back doors and low windows.