Rural communities face mounting costs with declining resources
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Over 90% of Pennsylvania's levees are locally operated and maintained. For rural communities with aging populations, declining tax bases, and labor shortages, maintenance and upgrades—which include vegetation management, erosion control, debris removal, and pump station repairs—represent an expensive, ongoing commitment as older levees require more repairs and inflation drives up costs.
“Many levees built in the mid-1900s do not offer enough protection for today's storms, and small rural communities in particular struggle to afford needed upgrades.”
Kaleigh Yost, Geotechnical engineer, Penn State · rss ↗Kaleigh Yost Geotechnical engineer and geohazards researcher, Penn StateU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Federal authority tracking levee statistics
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Extreme rainfalls are becoming more common. But most of Pennsylvania’s 180 levees were built 50 to 70 years ago to protect against smaller storms. Just 15% are FEMA-certified to protect against today’s flood risks. https:// theconversation.com/pennsylvan ias-aging-levees-are-under-pressure-from-scarce-funding-and-severe-weather-290119
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