Repairs to the Victoria Island levee in San Joaquin County are underway. The California Department of Water Resources stepped in for emergency construction after officials declared a local emergency earlier this year. Damage caused the levee to begin seeping. A temporary fix was made in October, but ultimately the seepage continued. Sean de Guzman is the manager of the flood operations section at the California Department of Water Resources. “Twenty-six or so feet deep there was this, layer of sand. Sand that was basically allowing some of the water get from the water side into the land side. So, it was actually seeping up on the land,” de Guzman said. According to the California Department of Water Resources, it is important to take care of the levee and the flood control system to keep people and the surrounding neighborhoods safe.