General Manager's Message

Gale Wm. Fraser, II, P.E. General Manager/Chief Engineer

In the past two decades, Clark County has seen numerous changes, one of which is a population that has grown from 584,000 in 1985 to now more than 1.7 million residents. The Regional Flood Control District, created in 1985, has worked to improve the quality of life for all of those residents in its 20-year history by improving drainage and reducing flooding.

A network of 69 detention basins and 418 miles of channels and storm drains are collecting runoff and safely directing it through the regional drainage system. But the District has more work to do before all Clark County residents are adequately protected from 100-year floods. Another 62 detention basins and 475 miles of conveyance are planned over the next 30 years. With each completed facility, another area of the community is better protected from flooding, today and for generations to come.

Accomplishments of this magnitude are only possible with the support of our residents, public agencies, private businesses and local, state and federal representatives. At the national level, the Federal Government has been a significant partner, assisting the District with construction of a network of channels and detention basins on the Tropicana and Flamingo Washes. We are within one year of completing this $315 million project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Nevada Delegation has been instrumental in securing $211 million to date in federal funding for the project. While the District, and its partner Clark County, are responsible for 25 percent of project costs, the 75 percent contributed by the Federal Government is a substantial benefit to Clark County taxpayers. We want to thank the Nevada Delegation for their strong support of the District's mission to control flooding. Because of the federal resources coming into Clark County, it has allowed the District to maximize local tax dollars and build more of the flood control infrastructure more quickly district-wide.

As General Manager of the District, I am proud of our accomplishments of the past 20 years. The District's highly qualified staff will continue to work in support of our Board of Directors and the entities throughout Clark County as we strive to be a premier regional agency providing a community free from the devastation of floods.

Gale Wm. Fraser, II, P.E.
General Manager/Chief Engineer