Abstract Flood is considered by many to be the hazard that affects more people and causes more damage to property

than any other (UNDRO, 1976; Cuny, 1990; Gupta, 1990; Palm, 1990). They are produced by a variety of factors in different parts of the world (White 1945; Ward, 1978; Miller, 1999). Most commonly these include: over bank flow on rivers and lakes due to heavy precipitation exacerbated in denuded watersheds by accelerated runoff; urbanization which complicates flooding events by increasing the area of impermeable surfaces by the encroachment of roads, housing and other land uses onto floodplains; the silting of canals and riverbeds or the obstruction of waterways due to improper construction activities; and the incidence of storm surges in coastal areas that are already experiencing slow acting land subsidence further magnified by rising sea levels.

In Pampanga, flooding is enhanced by siltation of the streams by sediments from the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption but the entire region has always been a flood prone since time in memorial. Urbanization, deforestation and human influence are blamed. Of these reason, loss of channel capacity to carry the water due to human encroachment of channel by squatters and fishponds and clogging from improper garbage disposal is the most recognizable to the public. Lubao, due to its geological and topographical situation experienced a severe flood on different places all throughout the municipality. Structural and non-structural projects are proposed to mitigate the worst effect of flood. Structural projects includes construction of levees, dike dams and retarding basin while the other one are the plan including evacuation plan. In this case, the tackled subject is the structural projects use to alleviate the effect of flood.