Posted on 02/27/2017 12:02:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
The reservoir's water level has been reduced nearly 60 feet since it reached capacity at 901 feet earlier this month, the department said
California water authorities will stop the outflow from the Oroville Dam's crippled spillway to allow workers to remove debris blocking a hydroelectric plant from working, officials said Sunday.
The Department of Water Resources said it will start gradually reducing outflows from the Northern California dam beginning Monday morning and completely halt them by the afternoon.
The outflow from behind the 770-foot-tall dam will be stopped for several days to allow workers to clear concrete, silt and other debris from a pool at the bottom of the spillway. Removing the debris will protect a shuttered underground hydroelectric plant and allow it to eventually resume operations, the agency said.
What? No Jimmy Hoffa Alert!?!
No telling what they are likely find..
Moonbeam’s mind..
Golden nuggets..
California’s Future..
aRnie’s Legacy..
After a week of media blackout, finally some news again.
Obviously the CA dams didn’t fail. Whew (for the sake of people).
Agreed, good for the folks downstream. However, be mindful of any 'accidents' that might occur during or after this 'cleanup'.
It was much closer to failure then they are saying. The emergency spill way was close to under cutting the concrete top. It was really close if you look at the pictures and the one v shaped erosion. Another hour or two of flow and the cap may have fallen. What do you experts out there say?
Between stressed dams and levees eroded by tunneling rats,, Whew is right..
The number of mudslides and such will likely be long term major pains for some residents as cleanup can only do so much ‘til the next AR (atmospheric river) lets loose, and to think the Central Valley was once a lake and not so long ago. who needs high speed rail when steamboats’ll do. ;-)
Every 20 years or so,, we dodge another truly historical series of events.. time to spin the wheel .. again. and cross fingers.
Would be nice to know if any locals alerted Sacramento to this dire problem, only to learn:
“We’ve got other priorities—like our train, pensions and undocumented immigrants.”
This might be enough to send Moonbeam packing.
I can’t believe they are going through all this extra work for a hydroelectric plant, they should DRAIN the Lake, Tear down the Man Made Dam that destroyed Nature in that area and put up Solar Panels and Wind Mills in it’s place, to save the planet.
A little pineapple express warm rain in the near future and we just might see it anyway.
I’m not disagreeing about the potential failure of the dam. I am merely pointing out that, in order to keep funding flowing, there may very well be an accident that needs emergency funding. Recall the Animas river in Colorado and the tailings spill.
I know, I know, have the EPA operate an excavator during the cleanup!
Nothing bad could possibly happen!
They’ll also be able to release more water through the hydro plant. I think the amount was 12K cfs, with the main spillway at 60K cfs.
Every little bit is probably going to be needed.
Yes, the outflow from the Hyatt Hydroelectric plant is 12k CFS. A youtuber whose channel is blancolirio has been providing excellent coverage to include lots of numbers.
It has been a nail biter. And with 15’ snow pack melting in spring, it will continue to be.
We need to give kudos to the brave men who worked day and night to prevent a disaster.
bkmk
What could possibly go wrong?
So, it was two species of Rats then!
I'm sure a lot of California haters are mighty disappointed.
>> It was much closer to failure then they are saying. The emergency spill way was close to under cutting the concrete top. It was really close if you look at the pictures and the one v shaped erosion. Another hour or two of flow and the cap may have fallen.<<
Hi Oldexpat, is this now being stated to the media? Is there a reference, story, or link? There is a reason for asking...
I did note that KCRA had a slight reveal on DWR from a short clip:
= = = KRCA excerpt:
http://www.kcra.com/article/dwr-begins-decreasing-oroville-releases-to-zero/8985871
IS THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY FIXED?
As for the emergency spillway, crews have continued to “armor” the base that was eroded away when the lake exceeded full capacity. Water officials are making sure it is ready to go in the event that it would be needed.
DWR hopes that won’t happen since there isn’t a way to test that until it is actually needed.
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