Swollen Marikina river; caused by claiming accretion along river banks, reclamation ? When shall we learn flood control?

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We get alarmed by this unusually high flood water level.  And yet we continue unabatedly, reclamation projects or residents along the river banks getting titles to accretion (deposition of sediments along river banks, sometimes illegally.  And this has been tolerated

Rivers are in need of  dredging because channels have become narrow because of siltation from erosion, lack of trees to stop water flow, development.   LGUs also construct along river banks further narrowing river channels.   

We should not interfere with the rivers.   Sometimes we backfill creeks and construct on the backfill.  When floods come, nature reclaims the creek.

Do narrow creeks and rivers affect your daily lives? Are they relevant to you/

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Angono, Rizal  Philippines | October 4, 2014

   This portion of Marikina river near Sandoval bridge has about 20 meters of accretion at this side;  it ripe for being a tumana, or titling.  The river at this portion may be 30 to 40 meters wide only.   No wonder there is plenty of flooding.  The Marikina river used to be 100 meters wide or even more.  It was like a sea before.

Most probably you wont.  Let the narrow rivers and creeks take care of themselves.

But they wont take care of themselves: