California is looking to expand the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, partly as a defense against severe storms in a changing climate. This study creates a model of the Project for exploring various scenarios. Researchers are analyzing how the system's bypass channels and weirs interact during big storms and how expansions of these structures might reduce flood damage at various locations in the Sacramento Valley and the Delta.
Resources:
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Fact Sheet: Sacramento River Flood Control System Weirs and Flood relief Structures, California Department of Water Resources, December 2010
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Map of Sacramento River Flood Control System, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
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Tim Washburn on the history and future of the Sacramento's flood-control system, Maven's Notebook, Mar. 28, 2013
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Can solid flood planning improve all California water planning? By Jay Lund, California WaterBlog, 27 March 2012
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2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, California Department of Water Resources
