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

The agencies oversee the dams to provide reliable electricity, supply water to farmers and protect communities from floods.

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

February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living ...

Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communiti ...

Recent storms brought the water level of Lake Oroville up to 862.29 feet elevation. With more rain and snow-melt runoff anticipated the current daily inflow is 14,700 cubic feet per second.

The levee that protects Downtown Oroville from flooding is over a hundred years old and has fallen into disrepair in recent ...

The Oroville City Council’s exploration into disobeying a state law is putting their community at risk for litigation.

The Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University celebrates 60 years of impactful water and environmental research ...

It also incorporates operation of the Oroville Dam atop the Feather River, which converges with the Yuba River downstream near Yuba City and Marysville. “This is kind of a generational ...

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

The Lopez Dam spillway is similar to the Oroville Dam spillway. The state has ordered it to be assessed as soon as possible. Another attorney for the environmental groups, Brian Orion, however ...