John Dagworthy had a problem. By the end of the French and Indian War, he had acquired over 20,000 acres of land bordering on the Great Cypress Swamp; but much of this land was covered by forests and ...

A recent letter to the editor raised several issues regarding municipal utility district drainage ditches in The Woodlands, especially in MUD No. 36. The letter alleged that these drainage ditches are ...

UPDATE: In a major step towards improving flood control across Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City Council announced Wednesday that the city would reverse a decades-old policy that forced ...

ADAMS, Minn. -- When was the last time you saw a ditch look any different then, well, a ditch? Water drains in, then drains out. A new research project in rural Adams will study how tweaks in ditch ...

While the lead-up to hurricane season usually means cities, counties and drainage districts are cleaning out drainage ditches, ensuring they have fuel on hand and performing necessary last-minute ...

Across parts of Livingston Parish, trees and leafy bushes sprout from the dirt canals designed to whisk away storm water. Networks of road culverts that feed into canals, ditches and creeks are vital ...

Farmers in meadowlands have found it difficult to deal with the amount of water in drainage ditches along roadways and on their lands. Now, residents are outraged at St. Louis County Public Works, for ...

HOUSTON — Houston public works crews are working to clear overgrown and trash-filled drainage ditches in the Kashmere Gardens area of northeast Houston this week as heavy rains continue to impact the ...

A few different drainage ditch systems around Lyon County are in need of repairs, county staff said this week. To help with the projects, county commissioners approved one- or two-year assessments for ...