Trinity Dam releases expected to increase after oil-spill clean up

Releases from the Trinity Dam are expected to ramp up again this week after a massive oil spill clean-up.

Posted: May 13, 2019 3:54 PM

Posted By: Stephanie Schmieding

TRINITY COUNTY, Calif. - Releases from the Trinity Dam are expected to ramp up again this week after a massive oil spill clean-up.

The oil leak, discovered at the at Trinity Dam Power Plant last Monday, is now fully cleaned up.

Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said the leak, which was from a hallow jet valve, dumped about 500 gallons of oil into the Trinity River above the Lewiston Dam.

River flows were reduced to help with repairs and to help efforts to contain the oil with booms, to prevent it from reaching the fish hatchery at Lewiston.

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County	Confirmed	Deaths
Los Angeles	57219	2448
Riverside	8155	342
San Diego	7554	269
Orange	6574	150
San Bernardino	5501	208
Alameda	3515	97
Santa Clara	2819	143
San Francisco	2587	43
Kern	2376	39
San Mateo	2188	84
Tulare	2004	89
Fresno	1882	36
Imperial	1798	29
Santa Barbara	1669	12
Contra Costa	1506	37
Sacramento	1439	58
Ventura	1164	34
Kings	1137	5
San Joaquin	982	35
Stanislaus	750	29
Monterey	571	10
Sonoma	566	4
Solano	546	22
Marin	501	15
Merced	301	7
San Luis Obispo	278	1
Placer	228	9
Santa Cruz	217	2
Yolo	213	24
Madera	114	3
Napa	113	3
Humboldt	102	3
El Dorado	96	0
San Benito	88	2
Butte	51	1
Sutter	46	2
Del Norte	46	0
Nevada	42	1
Shasta	39	4
Mono	37	1
Mendocino	30	0
Yuba	30	1
Lake	26	0
Inyo	20	1
Glenn	17	0
Mariposa	16	1
Calaveras	15	0
Amador	10	0
Siskiyou	8	0
Colusa	7	0
Lassen	5	0
Tehama	5	1
Plumas	4	0
Tuolumne	4	0
Alpine	2	0
Sierra	1	0
Trinity	1	0
Unassigned	0	0

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