Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.05.2022
The small town of Duncan, Arizona, is subject to frequent flooding Oct. 4, along the Gila River. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District contractors built a reinforced embankment to protect the town’s wastewater treatment station against flooding. Since Aug. 22, Duncan has been subjected to periodic flooding....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.05.2022
A driver navigates a washed-out road Oct. 5 in Duncan Arizona. The town was still saturated with water from an Aug. 22 flood event....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.05.2022
The small town of Duncan, Arizona, is subject to frequent flooding Oct. 4, along the Gila River. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District contractors built a reinforced embankment to protect the town’s wastewater treatment station against flooding....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.05.2022
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Project Engineer David Silvertooth and Quality Assurance Representative Clinton Griffin observe construction reinforced embankment to protect critical infrastructure against flooding Oct. 5 in Duncan, Arizona. The embankment protects the town’s wastewater treatment station from similar flooding events....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.05.2022
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District contractors construct a reinforced embankment to protect critical infrastructure against flooding Oct. 5 in Duncan, Arizona. Large stones and rocks are used with sand and soil in a process called rip rap to strengthen embankments dikes and levees....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.04.2022
Clinton Griffin, quality assurance representative with the Los Angeles District, observes embankment construction Oct. 4 in Duncan, Arizona. Clinton deployed along the Gila River to support emergency flood response efforts after severe flooding damaged critical infrastructure in in the small eastern Arizona town. Clinton has been a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee for more 12 years....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 10.04.2022
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District contractors build an embankment with armament to protect a wastewater treatment station against flooding Oct. 4 in Duncan, Arizona. Since Aug. 22, Duncan has been subjected to periodic flooding....