
The West Sacramento project area approximately corresponds with the city limit for the City of West Sacramento and is almost completely bound by floodways and levees with the Yolo Bypass to the west, the Sacramento Bypass to the north, the Sacramento River to the east and the South Cross levee along its southern boundary. The area encompasses two basins, broken up into north and south sections separated by the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel that bisects the city; and has nearly 13,000 acres of mixed-use land, an estimated population of 48,000 residents, and vital infrastructure including the regional United States Postal Service mail processing center, the regional California State Department of Water Resources flood fight facility, the California Highway Patrol Academy, and the Port of West Sacramento.