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Spillway | notable by news

USA / California / South Oroville /
 spillway, notable by news
On April 2, 2019, the DWR began releasing water over the newly reconstructed spillway at a rate of 8,300 cfs.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam#2017_spillway_failure
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Coordinates:   39°32'23"N   121°29'45"W

Comments

  • kencummings
    Early February 2017 regulated spillway starts to fail. flow here and in powerplant is 55,000 CFS. o/a noon on the 9th lake reaches 901 ft level and water starts over the unregulated emergency spillway.
  • JayZee
    April 2019 - new spillway tested.
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