5th Circuit: Corps Not Required to Reexamine Operation of ‘Polluting’ Spillway March 29, 2023 The Bonnet Carré Spillway diverts Mississippi River flood flows away from New Orleans into Lake Pontchartrain, which connects to the...
Crews to Lower Spillway Connected to Failed Michigan Dam February 18, 2021 EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Crews will begin lowering a spillway connected to a dam that failed last year and contributed...
Emergency Construction Starting on Michigan Dam That Failed December 14, 2020 EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Crews have started emergency construction work on a portion of a central Michigan dam that collapsed...
California Dam’s Rebuilt Spillway ‘Performing as Expected’ During 1st Water Release April 3, 2019 OROVILLE, Calif. — Water rushed down the rebuilt spillway at the nation’s tallest dam for the first time since it...
Experts Alarmed at Lack of Warning at California Dam June 5, 2017 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER The sudden collapse of spillways at the nation’s highest dam has raised alarm among those building, running and regulating big...
Flood Emergency Declared at Northern Utah Dam Amid Snowmelt February 14, 2017 Federal water managers declared a first-stage flood emergency for the first time at a popular state park and released water...
Louisiana Ag Chief Wants Natural Disaster Designation Attached to Spillway Opening May 11, 2011 Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is urging the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Risk Management...
Corps Opens Gates at Louisiana’s Bonnet Carre Spillway May 10, 2011 By Michael Kunzelman and Mary Foster The Army Corps of Engineers on May 9 partially opened a spillway that diverts the swollen Mississippi River’s rising water...