Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley.At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and flood control.
The Oroville–Thermalito Complex is a group of reservoirs, structures, and facilities located in and around the city of Oroville in Butte County, California.The complex serves not only as a regional water conveyance and storage system, but is the headwaters for, and therefore perhaps is the most vital part of, the California Department of Water Resources' State Water Project, as one of the ...
Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville, once depleted by years of drought, are now nearly full after a historic winter. See drone and satellite photos of the transformation.
Photos from the California Department of Water Resources show how water levels rose at Lake Oroville and Lake Folsom reservoirs after winter storms.
The Oroville dam before the crisis, with main spillway center and overflow spillway immediately to the left, above vegetation. For flood control purposes, some space in Oroville Reservoir has to be kept dry to capture floodwaters, a practice that has caused controversy at other dams of California over the amounts of water wasted. [6]
Reservoir levels at Oroville stand at about 840 feet — 60 feet shy of the maximum. As California gets drenched, officials opening Oroville Dam spillway for first time in 4 years Skip to main content
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Language links are at the top of the page.
The California Department of Water Resources on Wednesday began releasing water from Oroville Dam’s main spillway. ... The Lake Oroville reservoir is the largest storage facility in the State ...