Practical Engineering on MSN7h
Rebuilding the Oroville Dam Spillways
How do you rebuild one of the biggest spillways in the world after a catastrophic failure with the next flood season right around the corner?
The state originally constructed the dam in 1933 — six years after the Winooski River saw historic flooding — to hold water upstream in the Waterbury reservoir and protect against downstream flooding.
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is set to begin using the Oroville Dam’s main spillway for flood control releases ...
The lake spills at the 440' mark thanks to a gravity-fed piece of engineering that helps prevent the dam from overtopping. This spillway has become affectionately known by Northern Californians as ...
Vermont Business Magazine The State of Vermont Dam Safety Program has been working with the US Army Corps of Engineers, New ...
The unique spillway at California's Lake Berryessa was activated this week for the first time in six years, according to ...
BC Hydro has begun work to enable seismic upgrades at Ladore Dam, near Campbell River, marking what the company calls a ...
The Department of Water Resources is preparing to begin releasing water down the main spillway at Lake Oroville today as ...
Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet approved the Dam Rehabilitation & Improvement Project (DRIP)-III for the Hirakud dam at an ...
New England Division (USACE NAE), on plans for the Waterbury Dam Spillway Project. This major project aims to improve the operability of the existing flood gates and repair degraded concrete at the ...