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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: Texas Dives Into Flood Planning
Description: On this episode of the American Shoreline Podcast, Peter and Tyler sit down with Kathleen Ligon, Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), the state agency responsible for water planning and administering the state revolving funds for drinking water and clean water (i.e. sewage treatment) facilities. Â In the good old days, flood planning, mitigation, and flood control projects were largely handled by local governments -- cities, counties, drainage and levee districts and the like. Â The state did not play a leading role in either planning or funding flood projects. Â That all changed in the...