New research further magnifies the growing risk rising groundwater poses to San Francisco and other low-lying Bay Area cities.
The nonprofit SPUR and the East Palo Alto community organization Nuestra Casa released a study earlier this week analyzing the impacts groundwater rise could have on East Palo Alto.
But as sea levels rise due to climate change, groundwater is pushed up further towards the surface. The closer the groundwater table gets to the surface, the less capacity the soil has to absorb rain and, consequently, the more likely heavy precipitation will cause flooding, damage infrastructure and mobilize soil pollutants like pesticides and asbestos.
Researchers said that with 2 feet of sea-level rise, as is projected over the next 70 years, groundwater levels will create flooding that will make it “difficult for residents to navigate neighborhoods east of Pulgas Avenue.” They also said homes could flood, which will increase the rates of mold and fungi growth and lead to unhealthy air quality.
Palm founder Jeff Hawkins’ next big thing is an AI that learns like humans A mobile computing pioneer, Hawkins has spent much of the last 20 years focusing on his true love, neuroscience. He says his efforts are about to pay off The Port of San Francisco released a study earlier this year analyzing the impact coastal flooding and sea-level rise could have on the San Francisco waterfront. Atkinson said that while the report mentioned groundwater rise, the plan was broad and didn’t give any specifics about mitigating the issue.
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