Tag: levees
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Flood risk for millions in USA from the ageing network of levees
There are nearly 2,000 kilometres of levees in the Joaquin River delta in northern California. Image: Jeffrey T Kreulen/Shutterstock Nationwide, disadvantaged US populations are most likely to live behind ageing and inadequate flood-protection infrastructures Authorities had known that the ageing levee on the border of Monterey County, California, could fail. Built in the late 1940s,…
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Shorelines that Can Shapeshift AND Stay Put?
Photo: Mario Accordino, ESA. The shore remained elusive on the drizzly May morning as a crack technical team of expert engineers and scientists assembled near one of the oldest and biggest sandspits in the South Bay. Local cities had sounded the alarm last year when tides overwhelmed the sandspit and left a gaping breach. The…
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The power of water
Why levees don’t work, and the challenge of designing them differently There has been a lot of discussion about why the Pájaro River levee failed, and who’s to blame for the breach that has decimated the Pájaro community. Likely there will be discussion about this for many moons to come. But consider that the ultimate…
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High drama, ugly deeds, politics and moments of kindness…
Photo: Crews work on a breach in the banks of Deer Creek about 3 miles north east of Allensworth. The banks were purposely cut by someone in the middle of the night to push flood waters in a different direction. Police are investigating. Lois Henry / SJV WAter …amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare…
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5 major trends impacting the Water industry in the next decade
The Water Industry is set to embrace several changes in the coming years due to rapid urbanisation, severe climate changes, rising customer demands and emerging digital technologies. These changes will present businesses with a complex set of challenges that could be worth addressing in order to stay competitive within the industry. Can such challenges be…
