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<br />Solutions to Flood Threats <br /> <br />There is no way at the present time to control the quantity or <br /> <br /> <br />dispersion of precipitation. Weather modification is yet an embryo. <br /> <br /> <br />All methods of ameliorating flood damages should be pursued. <br /> <br /> <br />Watershed treatment measures in some areas should be beneficial. <br /> <br /> <br />Flood plain zoning should be encouraged. Engineering requirements and <br /> <br /> <br />designs for bridges and overpasses may need to be reassessed. Building <br /> <br /> <br />requirements in some areas possibly should be revamped. <br /> <br /> <br />Basically, however, it appears that flood detention structures offer <br /> <br /> <br />the only current solution to flooding. However, in the interest of <br /> <br /> <br />future resource development, all such structures should be multiple-purpose <br />whenever possible. <br /> <br />3 <br />