Oroville Dam (English Wikipedia)

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"Section 2: Proposed Action and Alternatives". Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Oroville Facilities Project. Butte County, California. pp. 13–42. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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"Oroville Facilities (FERC Project No. 2100)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources. January 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
"Edward Hyatt Powerplant". California State Water Project. California Department of Water Resources. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
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"Exhibit C: Construction History and Proposed Construction Schedule" (PDF). Oroville Facilities FERC Project No. 2100. California Department of Water Resources. January 2005. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
"Oroville Spillways Incident Background". State of California. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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Board of Consultants (December 20, 2017). "Reports from the Lake Oroville Spillways Recovery Project, Board of Consultants". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
Independent Forensic Team (2017). "Preliminary and interim reports of the Lake Oroville Spillways Recovery Project, Independent Forensic Team". Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
DWR (October 16, 2017). "Lake Oroville 2017/2018 Flood Control Season Operations Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
"DWR Uses Oroville Main Spillway". California Department of Water Resources. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
"Benefits Of The California State Water Project". California Department of Water Resources. July 18, 2008. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"Power Resources". Bulletin 132–95. California Department of Water Resources. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
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"Oroville Facilities". California State Water Project. California Department of Water Resources. June 17, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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"Oroville Dam (ORO)". California Data Exchange Center. California Department of Water Resources. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
"Oroville Dam (ORO) Data Query (REL SCH) for 01/01/1997 through 01/02/1997". California Data Exchange Center. California Department of Water Resources. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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"California Hydroelectric Statistics & Data". California Energy Commission. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

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"Draft 2016 Annual Review of the construction and operation of the State Water Project" (PDF). California Water Commission. pp. 4, 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

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"Feather River Fish Hatchery". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

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"California Hatchery Review Report" (PDF). California Hatchery Scientific Review Group. June 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

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Oroville Dam Safety Comprehensive Needs Assessment Summary (PDF) (Report). State of California, The Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources. October 1, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2022. The project is suitable for continued safe and reliable operation. No emergency remedial measures are necessary for continued safe operation.

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Bollea, Drew (February 10, 2017). "Maintenance Records Show Oroville Dam Spillway Previously Patched". CBS Local. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

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Roos, Maurice (1997). The Great New Year's Flood of 1997 (PDF). California Extreme Precipitation Symposium. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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Weston, Mary (October 8, 2010). "Salmon spawning under way at Feather River hatchery". Chico Enterprise-Record. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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Daniels, Jeff (February 14, 2017). "Authorities lift mandatory evacuation orders for Oroville Dam emergency". CNBC. Retrieved February 14, 2017.

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Harvey, Chuck. "Kiewit Leads Phase II of Oroville Dam Spillway Repairs". Construction Equipment Guide. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

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"The Latest: Emergency Spillway Use Likely at Oroville Dam". ABC News. Associated Press. February 10, 2017. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

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Allen, Clarence R. (November 1982). "Reservoir-Induced Earthquakes and Engineering Policy". California Geology. 35 (11). Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2012.

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KCRA Staff (February 13, 2017). "Thousands from Yuba, Butte, Sutter counties evacuated". KCRA. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
"'Milestone' reached in Oroville spillway construction". KCRA. November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

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"Fish evacuated from Feather River Hatchery". KRCR. February 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

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"Big California Dam's New Spillway Already Has Cracks in It". U.S. News & World Report. Associated Press. November 28, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
Serna, Joseph (December 2, 2017). "Costs soar and cracks revealed in Oroville Dam spillway, but officials say it's ready for winter rains". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 1, 2018.

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"Mariculture: Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Trout". MarineBio Conservation Society. 2003. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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"Oroville Dam: Feds and state officials ignored warnings 12 years ago". San Jose Mercury News. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
Johnson, Risa (September 18, 2017). "Oroville Dam: What exactly will be done by Nov. 1?". Mercury News. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
Rogers, Paul (January 4, 2022). "Lake Oroville rises 89 feet, power plant resumes operation after December rains". San Jose Mercury. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

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"Oroville dam in crisis raises alarm in California". Rachel Maddow. February 11, 2017. MSNBC. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

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"Lake Oroville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

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"Oroville Reservoir and Thermalito Facilities". Northern California Water Association. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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Zhong, Raymond (August 12, 2022). "The Coming California Megastorm". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2022.

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"Updates: New storms approach, but officials confident Oroville Dam and spillways will hold up". Orlande Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

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Rogers, Paul (February 13, 2017). "State was warned about inadequacy of emergency spillway". Oroville Mercury-Register. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
Barbara Arrigoni (September 12, 2012). "DWR planning study on worrisome river valves blamed in 2009 Oroville Dam accident". Oroville Mercury-Register.

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"Inspection Detail". Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Keats, Adam (October 2007). "2. State Water Project" (PDF). Water Wars: Present and Future. Planning and Conservation League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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"Sacrificing California spillway may avoid emergency releases". Retrieved February 11, 2017.

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Grossman, David (June 6, 2017). "The Oroville Dam Disaster Will End Up Costing About $400 Million". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

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"Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Audiotape Collection". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
"Excerpts of Speech by Governor Ronald Reagan, Oroville Dam Dedication, May 4, 1968" (PDF). Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. National Archives and Records Administration. May 2, 1968. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

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Arthur, Damon. "Dam spillway checked from 'distance' in last inspection". Record Searchlight. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

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Rodriguez, Olga R.; Thompson, Don (February 12, 2017). "188,000 under evacuation orders near Northern California dam". The Sacramento Bee. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017.
"Use of untested emergency spillway yet again a possibility at crippled Oroville Dam". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
"BREAKING: Fearing collapse of emergency spillway at Oroville Dam, Oroville evacuated". Sacramento Bee. February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
Kasler, Dale (June 4, 2017). "'A once in a lifetime opportunity'. Who made money off the Oroville Dam crisis?". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
Kasler, Dale (June 1, 2017). "Oroville Dam update: Fracture likely caused by 'multiple factors'". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
Kasler, Dale (November 1, 2017). "Oroville Dam ready to withstand winter rains as first phase of repairs is finished, officials say". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

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Graff, Amy (February 10, 2017). "Gaping hole in Oroville Dam spillway is growing, officials warn". SFGate. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
Fimrite, Peter (May 18, 2017). "Oroville Dam spillway to go offline until fall, allowing for repairs". SFGate. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

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The Oroville Dam Opens. KPIX / CBS. May 4, 1968. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023.

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"Oroville Dam". National Performance of Dams Program. Stanford University. Retrieved March 31, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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"History". Oroville – The Forgotten Golden City. Oracle ThinkQuest Education Foundation. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012.

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Matthews, Larry. "The Oroville Dam Train Tunnel Collision".

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Ritzema, Randall S.; Newlin, Brad D.; Van Lienden, Brian J. (October 2001). "Appendix H: Infrastructure" (PDF). CALVIN Project. University of California Davis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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Yang, Heloisa; Haynes, Matt; Winzenread, Stephen; Okada, Kevin. "Oroville Dam". History of Dams. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California Davis. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

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"Big California Dam's New Spillway Already Has Cracks in It". U.S. News & World Report. Associated Press. November 28, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
Serna, Joseph (December 2, 2017). "Costs soar and cracks revealed in Oroville Dam spillway, but officials say it's ready for winter rains". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 1, 2018.

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"Oroville Facilities (FERC Project No. 2100)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources. January 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
Ritzema, Randall S.; Newlin, Brad D.; Van Lienden, Brian J. (October 2001). "Appendix H: Infrastructure" (PDF). CALVIN Project. University of California Davis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
"Edward Hyatt Powerplant". California State Water Project. California Department of Water Resources. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"California Hydroelectric Statistics & Data". California Energy Commission. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
"Dam, Hydropower and Reservoir Statistics". United States Society on Dams. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
"Alphabetical List of California Dams (Over 40,000 acre feet)". Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of California Davis. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
"The Benefits of Dams to Society". USCOLD Newsletter. United States Society on Dams. March 1999. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
Rodriguez, Olga R.; Thompson, Don (February 12, 2017). "188,000 under evacuation orders near Northern California dam". The Sacramento Bee. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017.
"History of Water Development and the State Water Project". California Department of Water Resources. October 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
Keats, Adam (October 2007). "2. State Water Project" (PDF). Water Wars: Present and Future. Planning and Conservation League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"History". Oroville – The Forgotten Golden City. Oracle ThinkQuest Education Foundation. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
Allen, Clarence R. (November 1982). "Reservoir-Induced Earthquakes and Engineering Policy". California Geology. 35 (11). Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
The Oroville Dam Opens. KPIX / CBS. May 4, 1968. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023.
Moore, Sarah (February 17, 2017). "River valve damaged in 2009 could have been third way to release excess water". KXTV. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017.
"Draft 2016 Annual Review of the construction and operation of the State Water Project" (PDF). California Water Commission. pp. 4, 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
"Fish evacuated from Feather River Hatchery". KRCR. February 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
CA DWR (February 10, 2017). "Lake Oroville Releases Slowed to Avoid Erosion" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
"The Latest: Emergency Spillway Use Likely at Oroville Dam". ABC News. Associated Press. February 10, 2017. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
California Department of Water Resources (November 20, 2017). "Oroville Spillways Incident, Board of Consultants". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
Board of Consultants (December 20, 2017). "Reports from the Lake Oroville Spillways Recovery Project, Board of Consultants". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
Independent Forensic Team (2017). "Preliminary and interim reports of the Lake Oroville Spillways Recovery Project, Independent Forensic Team". Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
DWR (October 16, 2017). "Lake Oroville 2017/2018 Flood Control Season Operations Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
"Section 2: Proposed Action and Alternatives". Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Oroville Facilities Project. Butte County, California. pp. 13–42. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"Chapter 7: Power Production and Energy Consumption" (PDF). Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord. Yuba River Management Team. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"Benefits Of The California State Water Project". California Department of Water Resources. July 18, 2008. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"Power Resources". Bulletin 132–95. California Department of Water Resources. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
Yang, Heloisa; Haynes, Matt; Winzenread, Stephen; Okada, Kevin. "Oroville Dam". History of Dams. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California Davis. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
"Chapter 6: Assessment of Current Flood Management Systems" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District: Post-Flood Assessment for 1983, 1986, 1995 and 1997. Auburn Dam Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
Roos, Maurice (1997). The Great New Year's Flood of 1997 (PDF). California Extreme Precipitation Symposium. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
"Oroville Dam (ORO) Data Query (REL SCH) for 01/01/1997 through 01/02/1997". California Data Exchange Center. California Department of Water Resources. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

wwdmag.com

Tuser, Cristina (August 9, 2021). "California Shuts Down Major Hydroelectric Plant Due to Low Water Levels at Lake Oroville". Wastewater Digest. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

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"Chapter 7: Power Production and Energy Consumption" (PDF). Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord. Yuba River Management Team. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2012.