SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California engineers are using a model replica of the Oroville Dam Spillway disaster to test construction designs before implementation. The plans to rebuild the spillway are a ...

To remediate seismic safety issues and enhance flood-handling capacity at the concrete thin-arch dam, the $32-million project called for cutting a notch in the existing structure, placing a new ...

WENT SLIDING A FEW MONTHS BACK. AND THE REPAIR WORK JUST NOW STARTING BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME ... IN A LONG TIME...THERE'S BEEN A LONG STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER. WORK CREWS STARTED CARVING OUT A HUGE ...

The Boundary Dam, located on the Pend Oreille River in northeastern Washington state, is as visually striking as it is geographically remote. The dam’s pair of unique sloped spillways are cut into ...

When the Bonnet Carre' Spillway opens and water gushes through, it's a sight that attracts people from all over. It's St. Charles Parish's Niagara Falls moment. Evan Fuselier, a fourth grade student ...

The Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway Project hit a major milestone Wednesday. It was filled with water, equalizing it with the rest of the Folsom Lake reservoir. The next step is to remove the cofferdam, ...

Construction work on the spillway repair project at Lake Oroville is expected to start soon as the Department of Water Resources has chosen a contractor. Kiewit Infrastructure West, a Nebraska-based ...

Brown County Commissioners were told work is progressing on the engineering for the new Elm Lake spillway west of Frederick, but the project has evolved and is expected to cost more than planned. Ryan ...