Oroville Dam Spillway Incident¶
Independent Forensic Team. (2018). Oroville Dam Spillway Incident: Independent Forensic Team Report. Association of State Dam Safety Officials and United States Society on Dams.
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Mechanisms¶
- Spillway Release Protocol
- If channel capacity has been eroded, encroached on by development, or simply mis-estimated, a "controlled" release can flood communities that trusted the protocol; and if operators wait too long for forecast certainty, they can be forced into a late, large release that overwhelms the very capacity they were protecting.
This sourceDocuments how worsening conditions at Oroville forced operators to make a large emergency release through the damaged service spillway.
- If channel capacity has been eroded, encroached on by development, or simply mis-estimated, a "controlled" release can flood communities that trusted the protocol; and if operators wait too long for forecast certainty, they can be forced into a late, large release that overwhelms the very capacity they were protecting.
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