OROVILLE — With Lake Oroville creeping toward capacity, concerns over emergency spillage loom. The California Department of Water Resources, however, said this won’t happen because of controlled ...

In its continued effort to mitigate flood risks and strengthen the region’s resilience to climate change, Yuba Water Agency has been in the process of developing plans for a second spillway at New ...

The USDA-ARS Experiment Lake Dam in Woodward has been redesigned to include a new spillway design to maintain base flow and limit overflow during a flood. The spillway design is based on standardized ...

Jan. 22—The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) said late last week that there would be "routine testing" conducted on Wednesday morning on Oroville Dam's main spillway gate hoist system.

East of Harrisburg, Lake Alvin has hit the point of bursting. Significant rains, starting Thursday and continuing into late Friday night, filled the lake's spillway, a water control structure meant to ...

A rare and mesmerizing scene is taking place in the North Bay as the round "glory hole" spillway at Lake Berryessa is active for the first time in six years. An historian who helped make the spillway ...

Hear update on O.M. Tiffany Elementary School. Discuss emergency procurement procedures used to start water line repairs in Holgate Middle School theater. For a full ...

Work on raising Anderson Ranch Dam will start slightly later than anticipated based on new designs, according to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials. Construction is now expected to start in early to ...