It would seem that the least of local land owners’ problems right now would be high water, but as local officials of long standing can recall, it very easy to go from a drought year — the summer of 1980 — to a flood year — in the flood of 1981 — in a relatively short amount of time.
And that is why County Engineer Clark Rusco continues to work on flood issues, even in the midst of a drought.
Rusco noted he’s been working with a couple of state and regional officials on flood plain issues, and he recently attended the Kansas ...
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