The American River Flood Control District has been providing flood protection to the citizens of the Sacramento community for over 75 years. Formed by an act of the State Legislature in 1927 our mission is to protect the citizens in our District by maintaining the 40 miles of levees along the American River and portions of Steelhead, Arcade, Dry and Magpie Creeks.

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The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) was formed at the directive of the State Legislature in 1989 to address the Sacramento area’s vulnerability to catastrophic flooding.

The Natomas Basin Conservancy was incorporated on October 21, 1994, as a California Non-profit Public Benefit Corporation.

Natomas Central Mutual Water Company is one of four mutual water companies formed around 1920 by the Natomas Company of California (NCC) to deliver appropriated water from the Sacramento River to the lands in area known as the American Basin.

ALERT is an acronym which stands for Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time. The Sacramento County's ALERT system consists of 2 base stations, and 50 gauging stations. The purpose of the County's ALERT website is to provide access to stage and rainfall information during storm events.

The Department of Water Resources is the organization primarily responsible for drainage engineering, and​ drainage operations and maintenance within the Stormwater Utility Service Area of unincorporated Sacramento County.