There’s a lot to attack. But the fact that the water level dropped 23 feet after shutting down the spillway is very positive. The majority of that debris pile at the bottom of the spillway was covered with water prior to them shutting it down. Hopefully, they can drag out a good channel to flow from the dam to the river.
Once again the scale/size has been deceptive to my eyes.
Did you see the video of the bulldozer driving on the rock pile?
That’s not gravel, it is huge boulders.
I don’t know how in the heck i would attack it.
I (wild guess) think it must be over five acres of debris
and at an unknown depth.
I tried to find data showing a level gauge on the river
below the dam but had no success.
“water level dropped 23 feet after shutting down the spillway “
I haven’t figured out where that water went, but there are hints of other minor outlets.
Anyway, for those wondering what difference the power plant will make in the reservoir: flow through the plant at max is 14,000 cfs = 27,768.6 acre foot/day.
There’s a problem running the plant without elect demand. There are pumps to use the excess electricity- but they pump the water... back into the reservoir LOL! (There’s probably an obvious solution that escapes me.)