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<br />the Cosumnes River, which flooded mainly agri-
<br />cultural land and two major highways, Questions
<br />were raised about who should bear the risk of flood-
<br />plain hazards caused by reliance on unregulated
<br />private levees. Subsequently, about $5 million in
<br />federal and state funds were allocated to repair a
<br />number of the levee breaks along the Cosumnes
<br />River.
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<br />The record releases in early 1997 from the inundated
<br />Friant Dam and New Don Pedro Dam and sub.
<br />sequent downstream levee breaks raised questions
<br />about the timing and quantity of releases, Property
<br />owners below the dams sued the flood management
<br />agencies and claimed they failed to adequately
<br />operate the flood control systems and adequately
<br />protect residents.
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<br />Interest in nonstructural flood management
<br />measures was renewed after the New Year's flood-
<br />ing that hit not only California but also Nevada,
<br />Oregon, Washington and Idaho, As one advocate of
<br />nonstructural flood management said, dependence
<br />upon a structural flood control system lulls people
<br />into a false sense of security. The flood control
<br />network does not prevent flooding but only reduces
<br />the frequency of floods, he said,
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<br />Developing nonstructural flood management
<br />strategies and evaluating land use practices in
<br />undeveloped floodplains were recommended by the
<br />Flood Emergency Task Force (FEAT) created by
<br />California Gov, Pete Wilson in early 1997, The task
<br />force recommended dozens of actions to improve
<br />short-term and long.term floodplain management
<br />and emergency response, including comprehensive
<br />watershed management studies of the Sacramento
<br />and San Joaquin rivers.
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