The objective of this program is to assist in relieving hazards to life and property from floods and the products of erosion created by natural disasters (tornadoes) that cause a sudden impairment of a watershed. Assistance is to units of government such as cities and counties to implement emergency measures to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster. EWP work includes measures to protect road banks and bridge abutments, debris removal from streams, and control of caving gullies that threatened infrastructures such as homes, gas and power lines, and road ways. Sponsors (cities and counties) sign a EWP Agreement with NRCS prior to the work and are reimbursed for 75% of the construction costs. Sponsors who contract the work out can also receive additional money for technical services.
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