Posted: September 27, 2021
Ottawa, Illinois learned how to keep its residents out of harm’s way. But on the river’s edge, safety has often required sacrifice. Climate change and upstream development made the riverfront town of Ottawa, Illinois even more prone to flooding.Unlike many communities nationwide, it has successfully neutralized the threat by steering development out of floodplains.The town
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Posted: February 9, 2018
Charles Stanley, [email protected], 815-431-4063 | Mar 16, 2016 Ottawans who want to watch their town get flooded now can do so from their home computers — with no real damage involved. A computer simulation of flooding by the Fox and Illinois rivers that can be controlled by the viewer has been launched by the National
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