Operations and Maintenance of Horizontal Levees: Lessons from the Oro Loma Pilot Project

Background

The following report contains information, lessons learned, and tips from the team that has managed and studied the Oro Loma horizontal levee pilot project over the past decade, including Aidan Cecchetti (San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board), Jimmy Dang (Oro Loma Sanitary District), Anthony DeSalvo (UC Berkeley), David Sedlak (UC Berkeley), Angela Stiegler (Hazen and Sawyer), Jonothan Uhler (UC Berkeley), and Jason Warner (Pacific Optimization). These tips were compiled and transcribed by Sasha Harris-Lovett (San Francisco Estuary Partnership). Intended audiences for this report include wastewater treatment professionals, shoreline planners, and others involved in the planning, design and implementation of horizontal levees in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Read the full report here.