DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The economic and environmental imperatives of Delta levees Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 20, 2024 197Flood risk is one of the most pressing threats to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta’s 1,100 miles of levees...
INFO SHEET: Delta levees 101 Delta Stewardship Council ANNOUNCEMENTSScience Announcement October 30, 2024 66From the Delta Stewardship Council: Delta levees—1,100 miles of them—protect approximately 740,000 acres of land, providing multiple benefits, including protecting...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Owner of Bay Area island won’t get new trial over illegal levee ‘repair’ Courthouse News Service News October 22, 2024 184A federal judge didn’t agree that a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision shielded the owner from liability under the Clean...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Sacramento Delta stewards eye climate change protection for levees, habitats Courthouse News Service News April 26, 2024 111Stewards of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta say that preparing levees — which protect more than 600,000 residents and about...
NOW ONLINE: A New Decision-Support Tool and Storymap for Delta levees Delta Stewardship Council ANNOUNCEMENTS February 21, 2024 25From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council is pleased to share new resources related to the Delta Levees...
NOW IN EFFECT: New flood-related regulation for prioritizing levee investments in California’s Delta Delta Stewardship Council ANNOUNCEMENTS January 4, 2024 39From the Delta Stewardship Council: The new year has brought new flood protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta...
DWR: How the Delta Conveyance Project would make California’s water supply more resilient against earthquakes Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News July 24, 2023 118From the Department of Water Resources: According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), there is a 72 percent chance...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Notice of Modification of Delta Levee Investment Strategy Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement Delta Stewardship Council ANNOUNCEMENTS December 16, 2022 4From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council is proposing a regulatory amendment to implement the Council’s Delta Levees...
NOTICE of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Delta Levees Investment Strategy Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS August 27, 2022 54From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council is proposing a regulatory amendment to implement the Council’s Delta Levees...
FEATURE: First Field-Based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and Features October 5, 2021 451Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...
Earthquake Resilience of Southern California’s Water Distribution Systems Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features January 3, 2018 5714All the major water infrastructure bringing in water to Southern California cross the San Andreas fault at least once, sometimes...
NASA Radar Watches Over California’s Aging Levees NASA/JPL Delta science April 1, 2014By NASA/JPL NASA works with California’s water managers to spot tiny signs of trouble in the Sacramento River delta levees,...