Category: Central Valley floods

Vanishing funds for levee upgrades for smaller, vulnerable Delta communities

~ Deirdre Des Jardins ~ 1 Comment

The Delta Stewardship Council will be adopting regulations to implement the Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) on August 22, 2019.  Maps of the priorities for levee investments are available here. The proposed regulations make investments in upgrading urban levees in West Sacramento and Stockton and adjacent areas "very high priority." These investments are long needed, particularly … Continue reading Vanishing funds for levee upgrades for smaller, vulnerable Delta communities

Urban Delta – 235,000 people at risk from levee failure in Stockton area

~ Deirdre Des Jardins ~ 1 Comment

In 2015, the Army Corps of Engineers noted that 264,000 people live in floodplains in the Stockton metropolitan area, with $21 billion in damageable property and 23 critical structures and concluded that “[t]here is significant risk to public health, safety, and property in the project area associated with flooding...