Wetlands and Flooding

Fact Sheets

Too Much Drainage, Too Much Damage: Wetlands needed to reduce economic flooding disasters

TWI Research

An Ecological Solution to the Flood Damage Problem
by Donald L. Hey, Jill Kostel, and Deanna Montgomery
Published in Criss, R.E. and Kusky T. M., Finding the Balance between Floods, Flood Protection, and River Navigation, by Saint Louis University, Center for Environmental Sciences, 2009.

Flood Damage Reduction in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: An Ecological Means
Funded by the McKnight Foundation, this study looked in depth at data from 24 percent of the 100-year floodplain in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin and identified 1.9 million acres that could be used to store emergency floodwaters. These areas are former or degraded wetlands or areas behind levees.

Reinventing a Flood Control Strategy
by Donald L. Hey and Nancy S. Phillipi
Published by TWI, 1994.

Journal Articles

Modern Drainage and Design: The Pro's, the Con's, and the Future
by Donald L. Hey
From Hydrological Science and Technology, 2002, Vol. 18, No. 1-4, American Institute of Hydrology.

Flood Reduction Through Wetland Restoration: The Mississippi River Basin as a Case History
by Donald L. Hey and Nancy S. Phillipi
From Restoration Ecology, 1995, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 2-17.

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