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Repairing California’s Water Infrastructure
by California State University Newswise
Newswise — Recent extreme weather has put increased stress on California’s aging water infrastructure and highlighted the fact that the state must invest billions to…
READ MOREMore Spending on Water Infrastructure Important to Most Californians, PPIC Survey Says
by ACWA
A new statewide survey, conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), shows that 88% of Californians think it is important for the state…
READ MORERains Expose a New Water Problem in California: Storage
by Wall Street Journal
SAN FRANCISCO—Since the beginning of the year, enough water has spilled out of California’s rain-swollen Lake Oroville to meet the demands of roughly 14 million…
READ MORECalifornia flood control called a life and death crisis, but federal funding is uncertain
by McClatchy/DC Bureau
Experts say California’s Oroville dam crisis demonstrates the life-and-death urgency of federal spending to upgrade aging dams. But there are doubts about whether President Donald…
READ MORECalifornia infrastructure stressed by storms as chunk of $7 billion water bond goes largely unspent
by CNBC
The latest storms hitting California have caused flooding, levee breaks, sinkholes and concerns about the state’s dam safety.
READ MORENot just Oroville: More Northern California infrastructure that needs fixes
by San Francisco Chronicle
The Oroville Dam crisis reminded many Californians of something we only associate with earthquakes: Our crumbling state infrastructure.
READ MOREOroville Dam drags California’s $65 billion infrastructure annual price tag into the open
by Mercury News
SACRAMENTO — Shock over the emergency evacuation downriver from the Oroville Dam has given way to serious questions about how California is coping with its…
READ MOREOroville Dam: Crisis highlights need for repairs to Anderson Dam, other California dams
by Mercury News
MORGAN HILL — One day after the deterioration of an Oroville Dam spillway forced the evacuation of more than 180,000 people in the Sacramento Valley, a reservoir at the…
READ MORENew Nasa Report Shows “Troubling” Increase in Subsidence, Impacts to Water Infrastructure
by ACWA
The California Department of Water Resources Wednesday released a new report from NASA showing that areas of the San Joaquin Valley continue to experience significant…
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