The Aftermath of the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillway Incident

DWR submits plan to address Oroville Dam forensic report                    (Risa JOHNSON, Chico Enterprise-Record; March 13, 2018)

http://www.chicoer.com/article/NA/20180313/NEWS/180319879

Lessons Learned from 2017 Disasters, Yuba-Sutter Officials Reflect on the Recent Past  (Rachel ROSENBAUM, Government Technology; March 12, 2018)

http://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/Lessons-Learned-From-2017-disasters-Yuba-Sutter-Officials-Reflect-on-the-Recent-Past.html

Oroville crisis drives harder look at aging U. S. dams                               (Ellen KNICKMEYER, Phys.org; February 11, 2018)

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-oroville-crisis-harder-aging.html

Oroville Dam spillway built on crumbling rock, warned contractor that built it  (Dale KASLER and Ryan SABALOW, Sacramento Bee; January 22, 2018)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article195680234.html

Report and Research Articles:                                                                         

Independent Forensic Team Report – Oroville Dam Spillway Incident          (January 5, 2018)                    https://damsafety.org/sites/default/files/files/Independent%20Forensic%20Team%20Report%20Final%2001-05-18.pdf

 

Seismic signature of turbulence during the 2017 Oroville Dam spillway erosion crisis  (GOODLING et al., 2018)

https://www.earth-surf-dynam-discuss.net/esurf-2017-71/esurf-2017-71.pdf

U. S. Floods:  The Necessity of Mitigation  (CIGLER, 2017)

http://nhma.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CiglerArtcle-USFloodsMitigatn_9-17.pdf

21st Century California Water Storage Strategies  (NELSON, 2017)

https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt5nc6s5v5/qt5nc6s5v5.pdf

Websites:

Oroville Spillways Incident                                                                                        [California Department of Water Resources (DWR)]

https://www.water.ca.gov/What-We-Do/Emergency-Response/Oroville-Spillways

Lessons Learned From Dam Incidents and Failures                                         [Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)]

http://damfailures.org/

System Reoperation Program                                                                                    [California Department of Water Resources (DWR)]

http://wdl.water.ca.gov/system_reop/

 

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