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Article: Yuba City, Calif., leaders take levees to Congress.
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- Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2007
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Byline: John Dickey
Apr. 2--A levee trouble spot that could threaten Yuba City still hasn't been fixed five years after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended emergency repairs.
Sutter County and Yuba City officials want the Wadsworth Canal levee repaired -- and they took the issue to elected officials and to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during a three-day trip to Washington, D.C., on March 21-23.
"If that ever broke it, would really flood Yuba City from the backside," said Yuba City Mayor John Miller.
Miller was joined by Sutter County Supervisors Dan Silva and Larry Munger, Yuba City City Manager Steven Jepsen and Sutter ...