Implementation
Map locations of communication, energy, public service, and transportation facilities and infrastructure that are vulnerable to flooding.
In cases where existing communication, energy, public service, and transportation infrastructure and facilities are found to be vulnerable to flooding, assess and upgrade associated infrastructure to be more resilient to inundation and/or relocate critical infrastructure and related elements to higher ground (e.g., generators relocated to upper floors of hospitals).
Benefits: Public facilities and infrastructure, particularly energy infrastructure, located within the 100-year, 200-year, and 500-year floodplain may be subject to several feet of inundation. Contact with floodwaters could damage the efficacy of such infrastructure, resulting in blackouts, loss of communication, and impeded public services. To combat these potential impacts, Sacramento County will need to identify the locations of existing vulnerable facilities and infrastructure and upgrade or relocate such infrastructure to withstand potential flood events.
Co-benefit
This measure will also have co-benefits related to sea-level rise.
Timeframe: Near term
