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Five of the six weirs in the DWR's Sacramento River Flood Control Project have passively opened after being triggered by overtopped systems. The sixth requires manual activation.
The Sacramento River Flood Control Project was authorized by the federal government in 1917. While it intended to contain minor floods in the river banks by strengthening the existing levee system, the main feature was a series of bypasses, or sections of the valley intentionally designed to flood during high water.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the work is needed to protect Sacramento from river flooding, but critics say an alternative plan is needed. Levee project could remove hundreds of trees ...
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During the 1800s, seasonal flooding would limit travel and access between cities in the Sacramento River valley. Destructive floods in 1862 and 1878 prompted various flood control measures, including the 11.5-mile (18.5 km) long Tule Canal (completed in 1864) along the eastern edge of the present-day Yolo Bypass; and the Elkhorn Weir (1897 ...
Shasta Dam serves mainly to provide flood control and carryover water storage for the dry season, contributing greatly to irrigation in the Sacramento Valley and navigation on the Sacramento River, as well as keeping freshwater levels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta high enough for diversion into the California Aqueduct and Delta-Mendota ...
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A Flood Advisory is in effect until 11 pm tonight for portions of Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, and Sutter counties. Impacts include: local flooding of roadways, urban areas, small streams, and creeks.