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Original Update:Oroville Main Spillway Closed, Unexpected Closure of Both Systems, DWR officials were unable to completely seal the main gates

Updated April 18, 2019 from original April 11, 2019 publication

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Updated April 11, 2019 11:30 pm

The Oroville dam spillway system was suddenly and unexpectedly shut down after 12:00 pm pst Thursday April 11, 2019. As of this writing there is equipment on the main spillway. At this time there is no explanation as to why the complete shut down of the Hyatt power plant and the main spillway occurred or the nature as to why there appears to be equipment on the spillway deck making repairs.

According to Oroville Mercury-Register there was a planned shutdown.

From the Wednesday April 10, 2019 edition:

“OROVILLE — The state Department of Water Resources stopped releases from the Oroville Dam spillway on Wednesday because of forecasts showing upcoming dry weather.

The department said releases were halted at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Outflows from the newly reconstructed spillway started at 8,300 cubic-feet per second, or cfs, on April 2 and peaked at 25,000 cfs on April 7.

“Releases over the past 10 days have provided adequate space in the reservoir to help provide flood protection,” said Erin Mellon, assistant director of public affairs, in a written statement. “DWR’s experts, state and federal regulators have concluded the main spillway performed as designed. Once the spillway gates close, a team of engineers will inspect and assess the spillway, and continue to monitor the instrumentation and share those updates with the regulators.”

What was not expected was the complete shut down of both the Hyatt power plant releases and the main spillway. DWR records show that both systems were stopped at 3:00 pm April 11, 2019. Later the system in the Hyatt power plant resumed.

The picture above shows the spillway partially closed but not completely sealed. DWR officials were unable to completely seal the main gates and were forced to expose workers who appeared on the spillway surface to work in several inches of water streaming in a thin sheet down the spillway.

The spillway on the right side dried enough to expose the spillway seams. As the picture above indicates there was a chalky substance that streamed down the spillway in the area where workers were seen using equipment.

Updated April 18, 2019

From Northern California News is in Oroville, California.

BREAKING: MAJOR PROBLEMS with the new Oroville Dam Spillway?

**** Plates buckling and seepage appears in new EXCLUSIVE BREAKING photos

After spending $1.1 billion on the Oroville Dam reconstruction, major buckling and leaking of the plates on the new spillway are appearing in photos taken yesterday, Tuesday, April 16, 2019.

This is the first public look at what appears to be major problems, after only a few days of the new spillway being used. According to those familiar with the situation, the plates in the spillway should be smooth, not buckling, with no leakage from between the plates, as there appears to be in these first-look photos.

An engineer inspects plates that buckled on the Oroville Spillway April 16, 2019. The plates on the main spillway have buckled on the entire spillway perhaps rendering it unusable.

Picture taken April 17, 2019 shows cavitation of water on the left side of the spillway. The water is flowing down the spillway and slams into the buckled plate seams and creates a wave. The spillway is suppose to be a flat smooth surface which prevents cavitation. On the right side of the picture are leaks as water under pressure from behind the spillway forces water through the concrete.

An engineer walks the spillway inspecting buckled seams. The water are leaks from the buckled seams. To the right can be seem buckled plates against the training wall. The plate seams have lifted which is indicated by their black stripe appearance. In front of the inspector to his right at the third and fourth plate buckling of the two plates is evident.

Spillway Leaks Started in March, Workers Use Leaf Blower to Fix Leaks

As the water in the reservoir started to rise above the 840 ft mark leaks started to surface on the main spillway.

In this March 15, 2019 photo of the spillway there are signs of leaks starting to appear.

Later in the day of March 15, 2019 the leaks started to draw the attention of the engineers who can be seen on the top portion of the downside of the spillway below.