Contractors are repairing a large portion of the emergency spillway which is a part of the road ... Finally, they will place additional rip rap at the end of road to prevent erosion. Lac qui Parle Dam ...

OROVILLE, Calif. — Water started flowing over an emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam, on Lake Oroville, for the first time Saturday after erosion damaged the Northern California dam ...

Built nearly 100 years ago, the Bonnet Carré Spillway is a critical flood control structure that helps keep the Mississippi River below flood stage by diverting excess water into Lake Pontchartrain.

and what I mean by that is that they have several mechanisms on that river to control flooding – the Morganza Spillway, of course, the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which is the issue we are ...