Creaking California: State's failing water infrastructure vulnerable to Katrina-style disaster from 'inland tsunami'

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Creaking California: State's failing water infrastructure vulnerable to Katrina-style disaster from 'inland tsunami'
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This is the first of a three-part Washington Examiner series on California’s aging infrastructure and its impact on the lives of residents after years of failed spending programs and neglect from elected officials.

and expedite new projects “above and below ground, during times like these, reshaping our water systems for the 21st century and beyond.”California may be getting nearly $1 billion in water-related funding, but that’s a fraction of what is needed to stave off an eventual disaster, Mount said.

“We don’t know how much it’s going to cost to modernize, but we know we have to. Some of these are upstream from major metropolitan areas,” Mount said. “There are 91 dams considered critical.”was within minutes of overflowing because its spillway wasn’t upgraded to allow enough water to exit. Half a million people lived in its path. Then in 1995, a spillway gate broke causing a five-story wall of water to come crashing down.

The California Aqueduct is seen as it passes through Palmdale, Calif., in Southern California's Antelope Valley. It’s not clear when state or federal officials will fix the problem since the area encompasses hundreds of miles. About $100 million has been spent on various repairs since the 1960s, JPL said.

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