What Is Happening At The Oroville (CA) Dam?
OTHER RELEVANT READINGS AND INFORMATION
Read about the Events at the Oroville Dam at this Link
Read about the importance of the Oroville Dam to California at this Link
In 2005, State Regulators Declared Oroville Spillway Stable and Safe
- Estimated cost of repairs, Tens of Millions of dollars, perhaps Hundreds of Millions
- State did not say on the record, but many believe the finding of stability and safety was done to avoid spending this money
- In 2017, conditions caused evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents from their home
- If each resident spent $500 while out of their home for lodging, meals, and extra transportion, cost to the resident below Oroville Dam would be about $100,000,000
- The cost of repair of the dam, due to these recent failures will likely be much higher than the 2005 cost estimates due to the severity of the damage that has occurred and inflation
More Photographs of the Spillway Damage
The Politics of Oroville Dam and Its Spillway
The Conditions At Oroville on Sunday, February 19, 2017
If Oroville Dam Should Fail, What Would Happen To Residents Below Dam?
2013 REPORT CARD FOR
AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
By ASCE
Dams again earned a grade of D. The average age of the 84,000 dams in the country is 52 years old. The nation's dams are aging and the number of high-hazard dams is on the rise. Many of these dams were built as low-hazard dams protecting undeveloped agricultural land. However, with an increasing population and greater development below dams, the overall number of high-hazard dams continues to increase, to nearly 14,000 in 2012. The number of deficient dams is currently more than 4,000. The Association of State Dam Safety Officials estimates that it will require an investment of $21 billion to repair these aging, yet critical, high-hazard dams.
See How Regulatory Dam SafetyAgencies
Can Get Priorities So Confused With Dam Safety
