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Oroville Dam

Regional 

No Dam Trouble

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 BRIEF
California, Oroville Dam

Experts and an independent review board agree California’s Oroville Dam — which saw a near-catastrophe after weeks of heavy rain in 2017 — is safe and “no urgent repairs” are needed to keep it in operation.

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Government Regional 

Bill to Ramp Up Dam Inspections Now Law in California

February 26, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, Oroville Dam

In fallout from a near-catastrophe one year ago at the nation’s tallest dam, California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation amp up inspections of “high-risk” dams.

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Environment Government Regional 

California Lawmakers Boost Dam Checks After Near Disaster

February 12, 2018February 13, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, Jerry Brown, Oroville Dam

Legislation sent to Gov. Jerry Brown Monday would beef up dam inspections a year after a near disaster prompted evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents downstream of the tallest U.S. dam.

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Environment Government Regional 

Oroville Dam Damage

February 7, 2018February 8, 2018 BRIEF
California, Oroville Dam, rivers

California residents, represented by the Butte County district attorney, slapped the state Department of Water Resources with another lawsuit related to the near-collapse of the nation’s tallest dam in 2017, this time over the damage the torrent did to the Feather River.

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Environment Government 

California Flood

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
California, farming, Oroville Dam, water

Dozens of farms and people sued the California Department of Water Resources on Wednesday in Butte County Court for losses from the breach of the Oroville Dam.

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Courts Government Regional 

California Sued Over Near-Catastrophe at Oroville Dam

January 17, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, Oroville Dam

Almost a year after fleeing the nation’s tallest dam’s crumbling spillways, the city of Oroville sued California on Wednesday over the near-catastrophe that jolted public trust in the state’s aging infrastructure.

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Government Regional 

Report: Complacency & Human Error Led to Near-Catastrophe at Oroville Dam

January 5, 2018January 10, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, Oroville Dam, water, Weather

Decades of human error, and design and maintenance mistakes on the nation’s tallest dam culminated in the failure of its spillways during California’s history-making rains in 2017, according to a report released Friday by investigators.

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Government Regional 

Report: Design Flaws Led to Near-Collapse of Oroville Dam

September 6, 2017September 7, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, Disaster, Oroville Dam, water

For decades, water seeped below the spillway of the nation’s tallest dam unnoticed by operators, slowly eroding critical infrastructure until the spillway crumbled during heavy storm releases this past February, investigators said Tuesday.

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Government 

Dam Managers Made Missteps in Handling Crisis

April 19, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, Oroville Dam

Late in the afternoon of Feb. 12, Sheriff Kory Honea was at the emergency operations center for the tallest dam in America when he overheard someone say something that stopped him in his tracks: “This is not good.”

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Environment 

Dam Repairs Continue as New Storm Pounds California

February 16, 2017February 17, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, Oroville Dam, Weather

Just five days after water cascaded over Lake Oroville’s untested emergency spillway and sent 190,000 residents scrambling downstream, officials said Thursday they have decreased reservoir releases ahead of another round of storms in order to aid maintenance efforts.

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Environment Government 

Federal Disaster Aid Coming for California Floods

February 15, 2017September 7, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, Disaster, floods, Oroville Dam

President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved federal disaster aid for California due to statewide flooding and a mass evacuation caused by damage to the nation’s tallest dam, at Oroville.

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Environment 

190,000 Evacuated as California Dam Spills Over

February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, evacuation, Oroville Dam, Weather

Nearly 190,000 Californians were evacuated this weekend from areas below the nation’s tallest dam at Lake Oroville, as erosion threatened the dam’s main spillway and a backup, emergency spillway was opened for the first time in the dam’s history.

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