Did you know that some areas of the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta are literally below sea level? Land that used to match the level of the rivers and tides has vanished before our very eyes, and some people now live, work, and farm on land 20-30 feet below elevation mark zero.
This phenomenon of the land sinking – called subsidence – is the subject of this episode of the Delta Dispatch. Within, we explore subsidence in the Delta with guests Campbell Ingram of the Delta Conservancy and Steve Deverel of Hydrofocus to what causes it, what it means for our Delta, and the Delta Plan performance measures aimed at its reversal.
