Science activity

Science activity #49860, updated 29 April 2022

Next Generation Multi-Hazard Levee Risk Assessment

Description / purpose

In June 2004, a 350-foot levee section gave way west of Stockton, flooding crops and more than a dozen homes, and challenging state officials to protect the state's water supply. What is the risk of that happening again somewhere in the Delta? In light of agricultural fields sinking, the sea level rising, more frequent and severe floods occurring, and earthquakes looming, improvements are estimated to cost $3.8 - $4.3 billion over the next few decades. This study combines 3-D representations with information on the levee’s structure to analyze how different levees respond to floods, sea level rise, and earthquakes. State officials released the last Delta Risk Management Strategy a decade ago. Since then, scientists have collected significant amounts of data and have developed new procedures to compute the risk of failure. This work will produce new Delta-wide data sets important for characterizing the hazards coming from floods and earthquakes. It will also develop the best method to conduct levee hazard assessments. Applying this new method will ensure wise investments and effective threat mitigation Delta-wide.

Linked science activities

None specified

Activity status

  • 1 Awarded / Initiating (2019)
  • 2 In progress / Ongoing (2019 - 2022)
  • 3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $931,104

Label Value
Contract # or labor code 18250
Implementing organization Bachand and Associates
Funding organization Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award 2019-02-01
Date of fiscal year-end Not provided
Total award amount $160,431
State type of obligation Not provided
Federal type of obligation Not provided
Reimbursability Not provided
Procurement mechanism Contracted competitive or direct award
Label Value
Contract # or labor code 18251
Implementing organization Hydrofocus Inc.
Funding organization Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award 2019-04-30
Date of fiscal year-end Not provided
Total award amount $149,001
State type of obligation Not provided
Federal type of obligation Not provided
Reimbursability Not provided
Procurement mechanism Contracted competitive or direct award
Annual expenditures

2019 - $74768.00

2020 - $74232.00

Label Value
Contract # or labor code 18252
Implementing organization Resource Management Associates [RMA]
Funding organization Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award 2019-06-30
Date of fiscal year-end Not provided
Total award amount $100,490
State type of obligation Not provided
Federal type of obligation Not provided
Reimbursability Not provided
Procurement mechanism Contracted competitive or direct award
Annual expenditures

2018 - $24389.00

2019 - $46808.00

2020 - $29258.00

Label Value
Contract # or labor code 18207
Implementing organization University of California - Los Angeles [UCLA]
Funding organization Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award 2019-06-30
Date of fiscal year-end Not provided
Total award amount $271,182
State type of obligation Not provided
Federal type of obligation Not provided
Reimbursability Not provided
Procurement mechanism Contracted competitive or direct award
Annual expenditures

2019 - $167011.00

2020 - $104170.00

Label Value
Contract # or labor code 18249
Implementing organization Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [LBNL]
Funding organization Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award 2019-06-30
Date of fiscal year-end Not provided
Total award amount $250,000
State type of obligation Not provided
Federal type of obligation Not provided
Reimbursability Not provided
Procurement mechanism Contracted competitive or direct award

Location

Subbasins
Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

None provided