Some San Joaquin Valley towns are facing the prospect of catastrophic flooding from what could be the largest amount of snowmelt in state history.
are stacked up everywhere, a cost that experts say underscores the area’s stark environmental inequities.
A big part of that is it is unclear who is responsible for what aspects of the water infrastructure, which has a ripple effect on everything downstream.Tulare County’s Flood Control Master Plan, created in 1971, is still the county’s most comprehensive guideline and outlines in great detail which areas are at risk and why. It states that “flooding conditions in the Tulare-Fresno Unit are influenced significantly by the canal system of Alta Irrigation District.
Tulare County Supervisor Eddie Valero, who grew up in the area and remembers the dilapidated infrastructure, disagrees. When the rains hit, they had “to do with what they had” and construct a makeshift canal, he said. The debris and trash made it worse by constricting the canal. Miller does not believe Cutler will flood this summer, since historically snowmelt has not overwhelmed the creek that snakes around it. The county is also working with local, state and federal agencies to bolster and patch up vulnerable flood infrastructure and plan for the summer, he said.largely depends on how hot it gets and how fast, meteorologists said.
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