FloodSAFE California
Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA 94236
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Third Draft Interim Levee Design Criteria for Urban and Urbanizing Area State-Federal Project Levees
DWR is pleased to announce release of the Third Draft Interim Levee Design Criteria for Urban and Urbanizing Area State-Federal Project Levees dated May 15, 2009 (PDF:548 KB). This document, containing refinements based on public comment, supersedes the Second Draft Interim Levee Design Criteria for Urban and Urbanizing Area State-Federal Project Levees released in August 2008. The Third Draft proposes levee design criteria to help local communities achieve protection from a 200-year flood event, which has a 0.5% chance of occurring in any year. Per Senate Bill 5, urban and urbanizing areas in the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valley (excluding Tulare Lake Basin) will be required to achieve, or make adequate progress toward achieving, 200-year protection by the year 2015 to continue to approve development in the floodplain. Responses to comments on the August 2008 draft and a summary of substantial changes are also available.
DWR will continue working with stakeholders to refine and supplement levee design and other criteria related to providing 200-year level protection through the Central Valley Flood Management Planning (CVFMP) Program and development of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. DWR invites you to attend the first round of CVFMP Program Regional Forums in June 2009. (For more information about the Regional Forums or to register as a CVFMP Program Partner, please visit www.water.ca.gov/cvfmp.)
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