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Rebuilding the Oroville Dam Spillways After Catastrophic Failure
After catastrophic flooding in 2017 destroyed the Oroville Dam spillways, engineers faced an impossible challenge - rebuild ...
OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- A team of experts is warning of a "very significant risk" if the main spillway of a California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season. The warning is contained ...
(KRON) The crumbling spillway of Lake Oroville is now even bigger. The concrete spillway has turned into a massive crater. State engineers have discovered new damage to the Oroville Dam spillway in ...
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How One Crack in the Oroville Dam Almost Triggered a Catastrophe
When California’s Oroville Dam spillway cracked open, it unleashed one of the most dangerous infrastructure crises in U.S. history. Uplift forces, weak concrete, and poor oversight combined to push ...
Modernized changes to long-held operating procedures at the dams walling Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir in Northern California could improve flood safety for communities along the ...
OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Residents were returning home after officials lifted evacuation orders near the Oroville Dam Tuesday afternoon. Water officials say they've drained enough of the lake behind ...
In a development that would ease pressure on Oroville Dam’s badly damaged concrete spillway, state officials say the dam’s power plant may be operational by midday Friday. The Hyatt Power Plant ...
OROVILLE, Calif. -- A gaping hole in the spillway for the tallest dam in the United States has grown and authorities said they expect it will continue eroding as water washes over it but the Oroville ...
(FOX40.COM) — The Butte County Sheriff’s Office provided advance warning to area residents that it would be filming an ad for a recruitment campaign at the Oroville Dam on Tuesday. The sheriff’s ...
OROVILLE — The marinas are full and Lake Oroville is on its way there as well. Lake Oroville was measured at 888.79 feet in elevation at 2 p.m. Monday, meaning it’s about 11 feet from capacity. From ...
OROVILLE — The ups and downs of early spring storms have created additional inflows for local waterways in recent weeks, prompting an increase in releases from Lake Oroville. The California Department ...
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