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Levee owners warn flow frequency studies could change flood profiles and threaten accreditation, insurance and property values
Summary
Levee operators and flood‑control advocates told the House subcommittee that releasing updated flow frequency study results without paired mitigation can alter flood profiles, risking levee PL 84‑99 accreditation, increasing insurance costs and depressing property values across affected river systems.
Levee owners and flood‑protection advocates told the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee that the release of flow frequency studies must be paired with concrete solutions to avoid unintended harm to local communities.
Charles Camillo, executive vice president of the Midwest Flood Control Association, warned that a reissued flood profile could change accredited flood lines for levee districts along the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and have serious financial consequences for…
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