Modernized changes to long-held operating procedures at the dams walling Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir in ...

Using historical forecasts, reservoir storage and river flow data, scientists found that FIRO, combined with a planned second ...

The California Department of Water Resources says that this approach, known as the Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations, or ...

The California Department of Water Resources is increasing the outflows from the lake from 10,000 cubic feet per second to 15,000 cfs starting Tuesday, March 18. The vast majority of the water ...

A look back at ABC7 News' most popular stories Crews lower lake's level to repair Oroville Dam spillway Crews race against time to repair Oroville Dam spillway Two major roadways in Santa Cruz ...

It also incorporates operation of the Oroville Dam atop the Feather ... The hardware, or physical infrastructure, is the spillway and dam, which in the case of New Bullards Bar, holds back almost ...

Recent storms brought the water level of Lake Oroville up to 862.29 feet elevation ... Water Resources began releasing 13,500 cfs from the spillway Thursday which created a big splash and a ...

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in California after fears a dam spillway is in danger of collapsing. The Oroville dam is 770 feet high and it is the tallest one in the US.