2012 Delta Levee Standards Conference
Sponsored by
Delta Protection Commission and Water Education Foundation
With Support from
ATKINS * Central Delta Water Agency * Contra Costa Water District * Kjeldsen, Sinnock & Neudeck, Inc. * MBK Engineers * South Delta Water Agency * The Dutra Group * The Nature Conservancy
Additional Assistance
American Rivers * Natural Resources Defense Council * Planning and Conservation League
This lively discussion about Delta levee standards explained the differences between the Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) Standard and the PL 84-99 Standard and what that means for Delta conveyance, habitat and public safety.
Perspectives on the standards related to these areas were presented by California Department of Water Resources officials, in-Delta residents and water agencies, and the Army Corps of Engineers. A seven-member response panel then had its say. Participants heard firsthand from representatives of the water export and environmental communities as well as Delta residents and representatives, and state and federal officials as they offered their viewpoint about what levee standard is appropriate.
Click here to view the 2012 Delta Levee Standards Conference Agenda.
SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
Ron Baldwin, OES Director, Retired, San
Joaquin County:
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
John Cain, Director of Conservation for
Flood Management, American Rivers:
How to Address Delta Levee Investments
Bill Croyle, Flood Operations Branch Chief,
California Department of Water Resources:
Perspectives on Delta Levees and Public Safety
Jeff Mount, Professor of Geology and
Founding Director, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC
Davis:
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
David Mraz, Chief, Delta Suisun Office,
California Department of Water Resources:
Perspectives on Delta Levee Standards
Dante Nomellini, Attorney, Central Delta
Water Agency:
1983 Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Jones Tract photos and more