Dallas, Texas' storm sewers, designed and built in the 1930s, are no match for the dense neighborhoods of a 21st-century city. Despite upgrades and patches applied to accommodate a growing population and storm frequency over the years, floods were happening more frequently, and...
'Big Tex' to Bore 5-Mile Tunnel to Alleviate Dallas Flooding
A tunnel-boring machine named Big Tex is up for the challenge of digging a 5-mile drainage tunnel 170 feet below Dallas, Texas, to mitigate flooding and runoff
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