Adapting to Sea Level Rise in San Rafael
We are working to build a more resilient community in the face of a changing climate
Much of San Rafael is already lower than the high tides we have today.
In part because the city was built upon wetlands and muddy soils, the ground has settled, or sunk a little, since it was originally developed.
At the same time, water levels have already risen several inches & will rise another foot in the coming years.
We can already see the impacts of these changes in our community.
We saw flooding during our last king tides.
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Recognizing the challenge, we have launched a planning project to explore potential ways to adapt to these rising risks. The project is a partnership between the City of San Rafael, the Canal Alliance, the Multicultural Center of Marin, the County of Marin, and researchers at U.C. Berkeley.
We have been working with the community to explore the feasibility of different adaptation approaches. There is no single right answer nor one infrastructure project that will solve these problems, so we'll be exploring and debating different actions we can take together as a community.
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