Synonyms for flood control
flood con·trol

Princeton's WordNet

1. flood controlnoun

   (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods

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1. • Control
   • Engineering

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1. Margaret Mohr:

   However, for every day it doesn’t rain or snow during our wettest months, we are drying out, a lot of uncertainty remains about the next two months and water managers are maintaining reservoirs to hold as much water supply as possible while also managing flood control requirements and preparing for spring runoff.

2. Anselmo Collins:

   When we know that we're going to get significant storms in the LA area, we obviously work really closely with LA County flood control, if they happen to have a lot of water stored in their flood control dams, they can release that water ahead of time ; give it an opportunity to percolate and make room in those dams and the reservoirs to be able to collect the water that's coming in at the same time.

3. Jean Stothert:

   Omaha has 13 miles of flood control on the Missouri River. The levee is safe and the river is not expected to compromise the levee. The levee is being monitored as a precaution.