Sentences with phrase «auxiliary spillway»
The real story is why was Folsom, a federal dam, recently retrofitted with an auxiliary spillway and Oroville, a state dam, not retrofitted when there were ample state bond monies available?
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However, a new auxiliary spillway was recently completed with mostly federal funds on Folsom Dam — see here: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/mpr-news/docs/factsheets/folsom-dam.pdf.
A similar potential problem was present at Folsom Dam, a federal dam, and instead of hardening the slope they installed a new auxiliary spillway — see photo here — http://safcanews.org/folsom-dam-joint-federal-project/
«Operation of the auxiliary spillway has lead to severe erosion that could lead to a failure of the structure.
Failure of the auxiliary spillway structure will result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville.»