Purpose/Description:
The statewide drainage program was initiated to accomplish drainage improvements in cooperation with local governing bodies. Engineering and technical assistance is provided by the Department to undertake and provide surveys, cost estimates, hydraulic designs, plans, right-of-way maps, specifications, advertising for bids, construction of levees, canals, dams locks, spillways, reservoirs, water wells and test holes, drainage systems, irrigation systems, navigation projects, flood control and other public works type projects. At present, the only State funding source for these projects is through the Capital Outlay process.