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Title: Redesign of a Flood Control Project by Citizen Initiative

Author: Ortiz, Bev

Date: 1989

Source: In: Abell, Dana L., Technical Coordinator. 1989. Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990s; 1988 September 22-24; Davis, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-110. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 495-500

Station ID: GTR-PSW-110

Description: This paper describes the process used to redesign a flood control project on three creeks in central Contra Costa County, California, about 15 miles east of San Francisco. Involved was door-to-door organizing to form a neighborhood group which in turn used a county-appointed committee, a city-appointed committee, a State grant and a private consultant working with the county staff to help achieve an acceptable project. It was redesigned to preserve the riparian and environmental values of the urban creeks while providing 25-year flood protection. Detention basins and bypass pipes are key components of the project. Ongoing volunteer projects are planned involving channel clearing, revegetation, and bank stabilization.

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Ortiz, Bev  1989.  Redesign of a Flood Control Project by Citizen Initiative  In: Abell, Dana L., Technical Coordinator. 1989. Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990s; 1988 September 22-24; Davis, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-110. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 495-500.