New 1,000-Page Department of Water Resources Report: California Water Supply EVEN MORE VULNERABLE to Quakes, Flood Than Originally Thought — PDF (Kelly Zito, SanFranciscoChronicle)
Mar.21, 2009 in
Public Works, Science, Water Crisis, Water Industry
(March 21, 2009, Kelly Zito, The San Francisco Chronicle)
Earthquakes and severe storms could destroy hundreds of miles of mostly earthen levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in coming decades, according to a state report that provides the most detail yet on the vulnerabilities of the hub of California’s water system.
Among the findings in the [...]