UT Austin staff look to tackle flood response and prevention in Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Researchers and staff at UT Austin’s Center for Water and the Environment are taking on several projects to improve the way Texas responds to and prevents flooding.
At a lab on the J.J. Pickle campus, scientists can test out a life-size model of a one-lane road housed in a lab. The structure, created in the 1980s is used more recently for projects like a study for the Texas Department of Transportation about storm drainage.
Ben Hodges, associate professor of Civil, Ar