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Nov 2005
Is California Next?
Publication: Civil Engineering Magazine Archive
Volume 75, Issue 11
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An extensive but decaying system of levees protects key urban areas in California’s Central Valley and keeps drinking water safe for 20 million people who rely on the watershed formed by the delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. But some experts wonder if the levees are leaving these regions vulnerable to a disaster far greater than the one inflicted on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
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Civil Engineering Magazine Archive
Volume 75 • Issue 11 • November 2005
Pages: 39 - 85
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© 2005 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Nov 2005
Published online: Jan 1, 2016
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Robert L. Reid
Senior Editor Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE World Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA. USA
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