My home isn’t in a flood prone area. How does ESCAFCA provide benefit to me?
Property owners who live at the top of a watershed, although they do not experience flooding issues themselves, have a share in the cost of flood control measures: whether they realize it or not, their property’s development increases the amount of runoff flowing to their downstream neighbors. Roofs, pavement, and even disturbance of the soil reduces the ability of the soil to absorb rainfall. And whether or not you live in a flood plain, flooding can exposure underground utilities, which would create dangerous situations for everyone in the region.
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- My home isn’t in a flood prone area. How does ESCAFCA provide benefit to me?
