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The levee system protecting Mankato and North Mankato is due for a study, on the cities’ dime, to ensure it still protects against a 100-year flood. Put another way, such a flood has a 1 percent chance of happening each year.
John Cross / The Free Press


Required levee certification could be costly

North Mankato, Mankato city officials weighing options in light of required study

By Dan Linehan and Mark Fischenich
Free Press Staff Writers

FEMA’s Flood Map Modernization program is the first time the agency has systemically sought out certifications for levees. There’s no length of time certified by law that says how long such a certification might last, said Ken Hinterlong, branch chief for risk analysis in FEMA’s Chicago office.

Mankato City Engineer Ken Saffert said the city and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers already inspect the levee every year.



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