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Tropicana and Flamingo Washes Fact Sheet

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Tropicana and Flamingo Washes Project, located in the southwestern portion of Las Vegas Valley, includes five detention basins, three debris basins, 27.7 miles of primary channel, a network of lateral collector channels. Federal involvement in providing needed flood control infrastructure for the community was predicated on a financial commitment from the District and support from Nevada's federal delegation.