California Levee Fixes Lead To Greater Risk, Analysis Shows

February 19, 2012

LATHROP, Calif. — When Jack Robertson walks his dog atop the earthen levee just blocks from his house, the San Joaquin River rushes past on one side and rows of tract houses unfold on the other.In Lathrop, a small community that mushroomed on a floodplain in California’s Central Valley, 18,000 human beings live in the shadows of levees that once failed.Glance at More…

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