Re: Oroville emergency spillway expected to collapse soon
Author: James Bradley
Date: 02-12-2017 - 20:22
Water flowing over the Auxiliary, or Emergency, spillway is creating a hole below the spillway wall, which is eroding back beneath the wall itself. The concern is if the wall becomes undercut, the wall would fail...sending an uncontrollable amount of water downstream.
Currently, the DWR is increasing the outflow through the main spillway so as to reduce the lake level to below the Emergency Spillway. Then they plan to fill the hole with rocks.
Oroville emergency spillway expected to collapse soon
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mook |
02-12-2017 - 17:23 |
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Hydro |
02-12-2017 - 17:40 |
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Hydro |
02-12-2017 - 17:47 |
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Hydro |
02-12-2017 - 17:51 |
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James Bradley |
02-12-2017 - 20:22 |
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BOB R |
02-12-2017 - 18:01 |
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The Midnight Express |
02-12-2017 - 18:09 |
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BOB R |
02-12-2017 - 18:16 |
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James Bradley |
02-12-2017 - 22:24 |
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Gary Hunter |
02-12-2017 - 18:04 |
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Evacuate |
02-12-2017 - 18:09 |
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mook |
02-12-2017 - 18:27 |
Fox Feed Here
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Hydro |
02-12-2017 - 18:42 |
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Nudge |
02-12-2017 - 19:32 |
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M. Harris |
02-12-2017 - 19:40 |
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JamesC |
02-12-2017 - 19:57 |
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Espee2472 |
02-12-2017 - 20:02 |
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In The Know |
02-12-2017 - 20:36 |
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Commenter |
02-12-2017 - 20:59 |
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David Dewey |
02-13-2017 - 00:28 |
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Espee2471 |
02-13-2017 - 16:07 |
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The Odd Duck |
02-13-2017 - 00:39 |
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The Odd Duck |
02-13-2017 - 00:53 |
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English Teacher |
02-13-2017 - 06:54 |
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History Teacher |
02-13-2017 - 09:43 |
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The Odd Duck |
02-13-2017 - 14:34 |
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Espee2472 |
02-13-2017 - 14:57 |
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02-13-2017 - 17:02 |
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02-13-2017 - 18:31 |
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02-13-2017 - 19:30 |
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Espee2472 |
02-13-2017 - 19:48 |
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02-13-2017 - 21:54 |
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02-14-2017 - 11:37 |
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Nudge |
02-14-2017 - 15:30 |
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02-14-2017 - 16:10 |
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Ed Workman |
02-15-2017 - 08:43 |
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mook |
02-15-2017 - 09:47 |
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Espee2472 |
02-15-2017 - 10:47 |
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mook |
02-15-2017 - 11:38 |
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Espee2472 |
02-15-2017 - 11:53 |
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mook |
02-15-2017 - 15:49 |
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George Andrews |
02-15-2017 - 17:32 |
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