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Inspections begin on Oroville Dam Spillway

Engineers will be performing an inspection on the Oroville Dam Spillway now that releases down the spillway have stopped.

Posted: Apr 18, 2019 6:24 PM

Updated: Apr 18, 2019 6:52 PM

Posted By: Elita Goyer

OROVILLE, Calif. - Engineers are performing inspections on the Oroville Dam Spillway now that releases down the spillway have stopped.

Current lake levels are at 867 feet with releases into the Feather River from the Hyatt Power Plant being at 9,500 cubic feet per second.

With the snowpack in the Sierra mountains at more than 150 percent of average, DWR expects the lake level to rise with releases expected to continue through the spring.

California Coronavirus Cases

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Confirmed Cases: 318761

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Los Angeles	130394	3795
Riverside	24765	537
Orange	23901	421
San Diego	19371	422
San Bernardino	18912	304
Fresno	7906	87
Imperial	7827	135
Alameda	7725	148
Kern	6339	97
San Joaquin	6279	68
Santa Clara	5983	166
Tulare	5678	152
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Contra Costa	4605	89
San Francisco	4426	50
Ventura	4246	53
San Mateo	3949	112
Santa Barbara	3931	31
Marin	3434	30
Kings	2898	39
Monterey	2540	18
Solano	2075	28
Merced	1884	12
Sonoma	1650	14
Placer	1055	11
San Luis Obispo	905	4
Madera	893	8
Yolo	839	28
Santa Cruz	568	3
Napa	477	4
Sutter	372	4
Butte	338	4
San Benito	336	2
El Dorado	307	0
Lassen	275	0
Shasta	187	6
Yuba	180	3
Humboldt	165	4
Glenn	164	0
Nevada	163	1
Colusa	113	0
Mendocino	113	0
Lake	108	1
Tehama	104	1
Calaveras	67	0
Tuolumne	64	0
Del Norte	60	0
Mono	50	1
Siskiyou	41	0
Amador	40	0
Inyo	34	1
Mariposa	31	1
Plumas	17	0
Alpine	2	0
Trinity	2	0
Sierra	1	0
Unassigned	0	0