A flood control levee is planned to be built to withstand any flood discharge up to the 75-year flood magnitude. The planned useful project life of the levee is 60 years. What is the probability that the levee will be overtopped exactly twice during its 60 years of project life? What is the risk associated with the proposed design of this flood control levee?

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A flood control levee is planned to be built to withstand any flood discharge up to the 75-year flood magnitude.
The planned useful project life of the levee is 60 years. What is the probability that the levee will be overtopped
exactly twice during its 60 years of project life? What is the risk associated with the proposed design of this flood
control levee?

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