After lowering the water level last July, the old spillway was removed and is being replaced by a 70′ wide stepped chute ...

The spillway uses a concrete chute, but the new spillway plans will incorporate a stepped spillway design. State officials in the news conference said they wouldn't be able to check on the ...

The Folsom spillway has larger, steel-plated baffles and an extra element designed to slow water down. “Folsom stepped the slabs every 7 to 30 feet once the slope was more than 30 degrees and ...

ANOTHER conservation group has added its voice to a campaign to preserve a Yorkshire reservoir’s stepped spillway. Yorkshire Water wants to upgrade the overflow structure for safety reasons but ...

This year's work aims to ensure that the spillway is capable of handling large releases of water this winter, if necessary, and that the first step in reinforcing the erosion-prone slope serving as ...