Engineers: The next California earthquake could ‘liquefy’ 235-foot-high dam and unleash 29 billion gallons of water onto Silicon Valley

‘The Golden State just can’t seem to catch a break. Officials say that the Leroy Anderson Dam, near Morgan Hill, could “liquefy” in the event of an earthquake. The dam’s embankments have been deemed “seismically unstable.” Safety concerns about the dam continue to rise, especially after the Coyote Creek flooding that devastated thousands in San Jose, CA in February 2017.
Since 2009, the state’s Division of the Safety of Dams has had a restriction in place that limits the Anderson Dam to keeping a water level at or below 68 percent of its full capacity. CBS reported in February that the dam was at 90 percent — clearly, the concern about the safety of the dam is more than justified, especially after the Oroville Dam incident.’
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