Delta Levees....
"Rebuilding levees is an effort to save human life, if you think that our government should not engage in saving us delta dwellers from flood, why did they assume control over our levees...."
Again, an interesting perspective. I would tend to agree with the first sentence if all of the levees in the Delta were planned for immediate upgrade but the only levees scheduled for upgrade that were included in the Near Term Projects agenda are those that would facilitate diverting water from the Sacramento Rover through the Delta to the pumps. None of those appear to protect a population center from flooding. So, for me upgrade of levees is more about protecting those that enable increased delivery of water to the pumps in the short run rather than saving human life.
I recognize that the Core of Engineers has constructed many (not all) of the levees around the state. But, as of March 2012, writers at the SacBee reported in an article about public access to waters in the Delta that most levees were privately owned by the landowners whose land lies adjacent to the levee. So, when did the feds assume control of them???
I certainly agree that the Delta should be preserved but can't agree with your statement that only Delta landowners (not stakeholders) should have anything to say about this. If I'm not invited to the party because I don't pay property taxes down there, why are landowners asking for my time/resources to help them?? That's why stakeholders count. Can't find find much else to agree with in the rest of your statements either.
Last edited by Darian; 03-10-2013 at 12:14 PM.
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