Montgomery County will get nearly $12 million to build two flood control systems.

The state is awarding $34 million to help build and repair flood control systems in five counties.

Upper Dublin Twp. will construct two dry impoundment dams: one on Rapp Run and one on Pine Run.

Both locations are upstream of commercial infrastructure which regularly floods.

Those floods have resulted in one death and an estimated $11.2 million in damage claims paid between 1978 and 2007.

Projects that involve the construction, improvement, repair, or rehabilitation of
all or part of a flood-control system are eligible to apply for H2O PA funding.

Flood-control projects include channel improvements, compacted earth levees, concrete
channels, concrete floodwalls, detention dams, non-structural measures, or any combination of these project types.

Major repairs or rehabilitation of an existing flood protection project  are also eligible for funding.

The other counties receiving funds are Montour, Clearfield, Cameron and Bradford.

The funds are part of the H2O PA program, and are administered through the Commonwealth Financing Authority.