Reconnaissance Report, Westside Tributaries to Yolo Bypass, California
Reconnaissance Report, Westside Tributaries to Yolo Bypass, California

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this study is to investigate flooding and related water resources problems associated with the westside tributaries to the Yolo Bypass and determine the federal interest in proceeding into feasibility phase studies. The study area includes Cache Creek, Willow Slough and Putah Creek.

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin
Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin

Author: Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-10-05

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0309588391

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This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, with attention to the contingency assumptions, hydrologic methods, and other analyses supporting the flood control options. This book provides detailed comments on many technical issues, including a careful review of the 1991 National Research Council report American River Watershed Investigation, and looks beyond the Sacramento case to broader questions about the nation's approach to flood risk management. It discusses how to utilize information available about flood hazard reduction alternatives for the American River basin, the potential benefits provided by various alternatives, the impacts of alternatives on environmental resources and ecosystems, and the trade-offs inherent in any choice among alternatives which does not lie in the realm of scientists and engineers, but in the arena of public decisionmaking.