Tag: State Water Project

From the Department of Water Resources: Crews working on widening the channel at the base of the main spillway have made significant progress towards the goal of creating enough space to allow Hyatt Power Plant to operate a full capacity.  As of this morning, approximately 427,000 cubic yards of the estimated 1.7 million cubic yards of debris have been removed.  […]

From the Department of Water Resources: One day after the Department of Water Resources (DWR) halted flows down the damaged flood control spillway, crews continue removing a debris pile estimated at roughly 1 million cubic yards at the base of the spillway.  Debris removal will help lower the water level in the channel that leads to Hyatt Power Plant.  Bringing […]

Here’s the latest from today’s press conference: BILL CROYLE, Acting Director of the Department of Water Resources: “We took a little time off from the briefings; it was a good time for us to continue to focus on our efforts and get ready for the weather that’s come here today. I’m going to start with the numbers that we’re all […]

The Department of Water Resources increased outflow from the Oroville Dam flood control spillway yesterday, from 55,000cfs to 60,000cfs, in anticipation of the expected increase in inflows from the incoming storm.  Despite current inclement weather, work continues around the clock on placing rock, aggregate, and cement slurry continue to be placed into the erosion scars underneath the emergency spillway. The […]

Here is the latest from Oroville Dam Saturday morning: From the Department of Water Resources: Lake elevations continue trending downward and have fallen more than 45 feet from the height of the emergency spillway. Outflows continue to outpace flow into the reservoir and the goal of achieving a reservoir depth of 850 feet remains a priority. As runoff flows into […]

Here’s the latest from Oroville and the press conference at noon: BILL CROYLE, Department of Water Resources Acting Director I’m going to give you an update on the progress we’ve made in reducing our risks.  I want to remind people we are focused on maximizing public safety and reducing risk, and we are making significant progress along that line. First […]

Here’s the latest from the DWR press conference: BILL CROYLE, Acting Director of DWR: “What I want to do is run through the numbers for the day and status of a number of areas we’ve been talking about the last couple of days.  Our top priority in our unified command structure with the people you see before you and many […]

As the operations have settled in at Oroville Dam, the rhythm seems to be to have a daily press conference at noon, unless there are any new developments. Here’s what Acting Director Bill Croyle had to say at today’s conference: Mr. Croyle began the press conference by acknowledging the difficulty the community has gone through with incident and the evacuation […]