water infrastructure

First, there was President Trump’s executive order to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in the Central Valley, then came this week’s atmospheric rivers. With more rain in the forecast, here’s what to know about California’s levees.

A congressional delegation led by Democrat Senator Alex Padilla and Republican Representative Doug LaMalfa urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “prioritize the critical emergency repairs” to levees in the area damaged by winter storms.

The research paper advised that more robust financial planning at the start of major multi-agency water infrastructure projects can help ensure that all partners share the resulting water and financial outcomes.

The first phase involves replacing 10 miles of concrete canal lining to repair damage caused by land subsidence.

On this week’s Valley Edition: More than half of California’s olive groves are right here in the San Joaquin Valley. But Tulare County growers say that…