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Most importantly, persevere: Dam removal takes a lot of resources and careful planning, but compared to the vast benefits healthy rivers provide, the investment and effort are worth it.
Blue Ridge Dam is a hydraulic earth-fill type dam 167 feet (51 m) high and 1,000 feet (300 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 22 megawatts. [2] The dam's gate-controlled saddle spillway— which is separated from the main dam by a small hill— can discharge up to 55,000 cubic feet (1,600 m 3 ) of water per second.
Blue Ridge Lake was created by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam and has approximately 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and a flood storage capacity of 68,500 acre⋅ft (84,500 dam 3). The lake's levels fluctuate by about 20 feet (6.1 m) in a typical year. Blue Ridge Dam was completed in 1930. It stands 175 feet (53 m) high and is 1,553 feet (473 m ...
Loch Lomond (California) Newell Creek Dam: Newell Creek: Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Water Dept. [7] 1960: Earth: 190 58: 9,200: 11,300 Loon Lake: Loon Lake Dam: Gerle Creek: El Dorado: Sacramento Municipal Utility District: 1963: Rock-fill: 108: 33: 76,500: 94,500 Lopez Lake: Lopez Dam: Arroyo Grande Creek: San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo County ...
The ultimate danger is that Lake Mead reaches the “dead pool” stage. At the end of last month, Lake Mead was at 1,044.28 feet of surface elevation above sea level. That's about 100 feet below ...
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The Upper American River Project (UARP) is a hydroelectric system operated by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) of Sacramento, California in the United States. The system consists of 11 dams and eight powerhouses that tap the upper tributaries of the American River drainage in the Sierra Nevada for power generation.
Work on the dam removal project began in June. The smallest dam, Copco No. 2, was torn down by crews using heavy machinery. The other three dams are set to be dismantled next year, starting with a ...