FIXING California's Levees

FIXING California's Levees

Flood control for the California Central Valley is a critical infrastructure concern for the state and the entire nation. An interconnected system of dams, weirs, bypasses and earthen levees, some more than 100 years old, provides the state's flood control. Many of these levees were built by fa...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Military engineer 2005-11, Vol.97 (638), p.49-50
Hauptverfasser: Hess, John R., Sills, George L., Costa, Ray, Shewbridge, Scott
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Dams
Disaster relief
Flood control
Flood damage
Floods
Levees
Military engineering
Rivers
Valleys
Water resources
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Zusammenfassung:Flood control for the California Central Valley is a critical infrastructure concern for the state and the entire nation. An interconnected system of dams, weirs, bypasses and earthen levees, some more than 100 years old, provides the state's flood control. Many of these levees were built by farmers with light equipment using local, uncompacted, clean river sands and little to no foundation preparation, or by contractors with clamshell dredges who excavated river and slough materials by the bucket load.
ISSN:0026-3982