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The document is a Flood Insurance Study Update for the Chacon Creek Watershed in Laredo and Webb County, Texas, prepared by Brown & Root in November 1999. It aims to assess flood hazards and update previous flood insurance studies from 1981 due to urbanization and changes in hydrologic conditions. The study includes detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses of Chacon Creek and its tributaries, identifies principal flood problems, evaluates existing flood protection measures, and provides updated floodplain management applications including new flood boundaries and water surface elevations for various return periods.

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