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Flooding risk increases when trees removed

Flooding Damage to Bon Air and Bluemont Parks, Incredible Water run off from Upton Hill  (July 9, 2019)


BREAKING: Torrential Rain Causes Major Flash Flooding in Arlington County

ARLnow.com  July 8, 2019 at 7:50am

Peter’s Take:  What Arlington Should Do to Prepare For More Flooding

Peter Rousselot, ARLnow (April 24, 2019)


Arlington Department of Environmental Services (July 2, 2018): 

Arlington’s impervious surfaces increasing year by year; now at estimated 45%compared to estimated 40% in 2001.


Flooding in Arlington – Maybe we need more trees and fewer impervious surfaces.  (June 1, 2018)


Quartz Media:  Houston’s flooding shows what happens when you ignore science and let developers run rampant  (August 29, 2017)


Arlington County Civic Federation:  Arlington County and Flooding (February 2017)

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