marshland

Focusing instead on strengthening levees in the Delta and restoring tidal marshlands, he said, would ensure that water is “delivered to the doorstep of your existing pumps reliably.”

Proposals to breach the banks to create the new marshland have gone down very badly.

The western Spanish region of Extremadura, which also has substantial marshlands, has seen 17 cases.

As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.

Cities built on drained marshland or fill are especially vulnerable to compaction.