An update to the Projected "turn-off" Reservoir level Plot. See the dashed line and diamond for the updated slope change. There is an anticipation of runoff from the mountains from the recent precipitation. Updates to this graph should reveal the "delay" average from the Sierra Mountain Basin.
April 25, 2017 11:25 AM
Fixed before next big rains? Lawmakers quiz water officials on Oroville Dam repair details
By Dale Kasler
California lawmakers pressed state officials Tuesday on the repair effort at Oroville Dam, demanding to see contract details to make sure the bulk of the work will be completed in time for the next rainy season.
Members of the state Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, at an hour-long oversight hearing on the Oroville crisis, questioned the heads of the Department of Water Resources and the Natural Resources Agency on the specifications of the $275 million contract awarded earlier this month to Kiewit Corp. of Omaha, Neb., to fix the dam’s two damaged spillways.
“Is it written in a way that we’re protected?” asked committee Chairman Robert Hertzberg, questioning whether Kiewit would be assessed penalties if work isn’t completed on time.
Committee Vice Chairman Jeff Stone recalled the bonuses paid to contractors for completing work early on damaged Southern California freeways after the Northridge earthquake and asked if similar incentives were included in Kiewit’s contract.
Bill Croyle, the acting director of DWR, said he didn’t know enough about the specifics of the contract and said a deputy director, Mark Andersen, would have the details.
“We need to have a meeting with him on the contract,” said Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, whose district includes the area around Oroville.
Andersen couldn’t be immediately reached for comment and Kiewit officials have declined to speak with the media about the contract.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article146652009.html#storylink=cpy