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The heart of California’s water system and the largest estuary on the West Coast—the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta—is highly vulnerable.  Environmental concerns are Delta Disrupted_Logomounting. Water supplies are at risk. 

The U.S. Geological Survey has warned of a 63 percent probability that a 6.7 magnitude or larger earthquake will hit in the next 30 years. An earthquake of that size has the power to not only devastate local communities, but wipe out a significant portion of the state’s water supply for more than a year. 

Delta Disrupted is a public education and outreach program aimed at raising awareness of the risks we face and the solutions before us. 

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