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Friday’s top of the scroll: State budget crisis scuttles Delta levee hazard detection, repairs

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 3, 2009 at 7:50 am

From the Sacramento Bee:

Politicians across the state are demanding major water projects in the Delta, but basic repairs on its vast network of levees have come to a standstill.

State reimbursement for levee projects completed as far back as 2007 has been stalled by the budget crisis. This means flood-control districts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have not been able to pay back loans they took out for those projects or to finance new projects.

As a result, almost no levee repairs are getting done in the Delta this year. One levee engineer told The Bee as much as 15 miles of levee repairs have been stalled. Any of these levee segments could become the next failure that plunges the state into an even more desperate water crisis.

“As we look to the long-term future of the California Delta, we can’t overlook necessary fixes that need to be done right now,” said Jonas Minton, a senior project manager at the Planning and Conservation League and former deputy director of flood management at the state Department of Water Resources.

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July 3, 2009 · Filed Under Levees

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