Crews are working to pump out water as fast as they can throughout Cameron County.

Miles and miles of floodwater have taken over farmland over by the flood way levee, located next to I-69 north of Combes.

The local drainage district has three pumps working day and night to try and get all that water into the flood way.

Voters decided three years ago to create the Cameron County Drainage District Number 6 that started a path towards solutions.

Crews were able to place pumps along the IBWC flood way levee, north of La Feria, Santa Rosa and Combes. Last week's rains were the first test to see if they made the right choice.

"Definitely what has improved is that we have a lot bigger pumps that we didn't have, that were not available even last year," Cameron County Drainage District No. 6 Vice President Gilbert Galvan said.

Galvan gave Channel 5 News access to see the three pumps that have been pushing more than 31,000 gallons of water every minute into the flood way.

Two of those pumps, with their pipes held by tractors, are temporary solutions for now.

"Basically, this is like an ambulance. You don't always need it, but when you need it, it needs to be ready," Galvan said.

Crews have had a pump at the levee since last summer, but the drainage district is working to get state funding for 10 additional pumps on both sides of the levee.

The cost would be nearly $43 million. Officials say the project would include widening canals leading to the flood way, and another permanent pump will be installed within a year.

The drainage district would still need to receive state funding and begin construction to know when the 10 additional pumps will be ready.

The public is being asked to avoid flooded roads, and to report any storm damage online to the state.

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