Oroville Dam spillway get wet after a two-year hiatus
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5 жыл бұрынThe reconstructed Oroville Dam spillway was used on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
for the first time since the spillway split open in February 2017.
Water first went down the spillway shortly before 11 a.m
Department of Water Resources planned for releases
from the spillway to reach about 8,300 cubic feet per
second by early afternoon.
@Bagge24 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking to myself "damn that would be hella fun waterslide to just jump in" until the camera zoomed out and I saw the death penalty in the end, nvm..
@aa_0n711 4 жыл бұрын
lmao same here
@tondowidodo9669 4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@emmablake1300 4 жыл бұрын
If you hit one of the ramped parts you could most probably get some decent air!
@computerboy2k 4 жыл бұрын
Those jagged rocks will definitely break their fall, and then their body...lol
@missnperfection9830 4 жыл бұрын
NO BALLS!!!
@Lithane97 3 жыл бұрын
I love drones so much, they give us such amazing angles of things like this. Imagining all of the amazing things we would have seen if the world had been recorded like this throughout history.
@zootsootful 4 жыл бұрын
This is like watching water come down a spillway.
@engineergaming4295 4 жыл бұрын
zootsootful hahhahah lol
@engineergaming4295 4 жыл бұрын
Woah it does
@SousTerre1 4 жыл бұрын
That comment looks like words under a video.
@ext93 3 жыл бұрын
@@SousTerre1 those words are like letters put together to form symbols that we associate with sound and meaning
@therewegoagain9924 2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes the *floor* here seems to be made of what looks like *floor*
@trakeespree 4 жыл бұрын
Dude, I really need to get up and go outside to find anything to do
@gregw4303 3 жыл бұрын
Nah, do that tomorrow...😆
@isaac10231 3 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA
@Peter421 3 жыл бұрын
Man they did not play around with this new spillway.
@alihussain3297 4 жыл бұрын
I am studying Civil Engineering currently. We have this subject called water resource management, where in we learned about the dams and reservoir. These huge concrete structures really do fascinate me and I am really passionate about involving in its construction one day.
@will_doherty 4 жыл бұрын
The thing about dams is that they are self-defeating - given 100 years or so - in general - the sediment that they trap renders the storage capacity down to almost nothing, so the dams become worse than useless. Considering the huge expense of the original build cost, plus the damage that they do to the ecosystem and the fact that they are relatively short lived (moreso for the few that fail and cause carnage downstream), you'd have to question the sensibility of building them in the first place...
@alihussain3297 4 жыл бұрын
@@will_doherty You have spoken only about its disadvantages, but it does have a lot of advantages. It has made many of the human civilisation self sufficient in the water capacity they want, they help tackle extreme floods, they help in irrigation, producing hydroelectric power and many more. Everything has its own bad sides, but you have to look at its pros and cons to judge by yourself. Indeed every structure is self defeating within itself by one way or other, but what can likely increase the its lifespan is required maintenance. Every structure is designed keeping in minds many factors such design life, future expansion, repairing etc.
@AndrzejSQ9PKW 3 жыл бұрын
@@alihussain3297 what about end of spillway? I never saw construct like this i Europe. Our spilways end almost always under water to reduce erosion... Can you explain me this?
@Merennulli 3 жыл бұрын
@@AndrzejSQ9PKW The dentation, or "teeth", at the end of this spillway are intended to have the same effect. I believe the choice between this "ski jump" spillway and a stilling basin spillway (the under water type you reference) is likely based on the surrounding material, water depth and slope. This dam has fast moving water going into a shallow river, so you run the risk of the flow and the end creating eddies forceful enough to undercut the end of your stilling basin at the end of the spillway if you go all the way into the water. Much like the headcut erosion problem that forced them to stop using the emergency spillway at Oroville, damage caused by turbulent erosion would work its way up the spillway to the dam. The "ski jump" style spillway dissipates energy by channeling the flow horizontally (in this case, past specialized dentation) to let both the air and collision with the other parts of the flow absorb the energy before it continues downward. It's been 20+ years since I took relevant engineering courses and I ended up changing majors, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
@extra2ab 3 жыл бұрын
@@Merennulli you are right. We have 7 large and small dams where i stay. We had 7000 mm rain year before last. I stay in maharashtra, India. Some of these dams are more than 100 years old and their spillways are functioning wonderfully till now .
@reggielongoria1848 4 жыл бұрын
Nice video. It's a shame there was no audio accompaniment.
@scottculver 3 жыл бұрын
Like a drum roll all the way down but a loud cymbal crash when the water reaches the bottom? Maybe?
@mxdanger 3 жыл бұрын
@@scottculver Like the rumbling sound of the water. :P
@scottculver 3 жыл бұрын
@@mxdanger OK fine
@pinkyandbrain123 3 жыл бұрын
@@scottculver even the sound of the drone would be better than listening to my stupid neighbors
@scottculver 3 жыл бұрын
@@pinkyandbrain123 Maybe if you got a glass of water and a straw and blew bubbles in it the whole time?
@joshp3994 3 жыл бұрын
At first I'm like "why do they need to activate the spillway aren't they under a big drought right now?" then I saw the date for the video. Crazy how fast things can fluctuate.
@christopherwilson9140 4 жыл бұрын
I was like "dude get me a tube now" until 2:25
@barneyneal9026 4 жыл бұрын
Thats the best part
@goddesseris4561 3 жыл бұрын
you just gotta make the jump lol
@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын
@@goddesseris4561 The spillway is 55 metres wide so the drop into the Feather River at the bottom is probably about 150 ft…
@jeffpalmer5502 4 жыл бұрын
I have followed this journey with fascination since two days before emergency spillway field including the construction of the new facilities. Amazing job well done
@overdoneone 5 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, open those gates up! Show us what this baby can do......
@marymcguffin9370 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this is so cool and quiet beautiful
@TheKurtsPlaceChannel 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. The repair work was amazing. Thanks for posting this.
@lynstoneham 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome workmanship
@superowen21 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty Dam(n) satisfying
@tylerseitz6337 4 жыл бұрын
Good work guys!
@bonniechase5599 5 жыл бұрын
Congrats on shoring up some of the most important infrastructure in our state. It's good to know that the job is well done. Thank you Kiewit!
@davehughesfarm7983 5 жыл бұрын
you neeed to do some catching up sister...its about to over top...
@marks4374 5 жыл бұрын
Bonnie Chase from what I have seen it’s a disaster waiting to happen. They appear to be afraid to use it because it will probably come apart when they do.
@nebtheweb8885 5 жыл бұрын
@@marks4374 From what you 've seen? What have you 'seen' mr self-proclaimed 'expert'? Please regale us with your nonsense. The spillway is fine, it worked fine, not only on the day the video was made but a few days later at a higher rate. Much to the chagrin of you doubters, it didn't fly apart on that day either. So, if and when they use it again this year you can come back an let us know how incredibly wrong you were. Meanwhile, here is a spectacular view of the spillway working just fine. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsiVmNym296nZKc.html Lets hear the excuses.
@KpopLabPro 3 жыл бұрын
when only a drizzle is left of that water flow they may convert it to a world's largest water slide
@troyaldridge9773 4 жыл бұрын
Should put some mining carpet on that spillway could be good..gold
@joshuaguenin9507 4 жыл бұрын
Nope
@jonmacdonald5345 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah gold is known to float on the surfaces of lakes LMFAO hahaha!
@joyceleadbetter2600 3 жыл бұрын
Pan for gold further downstream, you'll have better luck. Just don't get caught claim jumping.
@Andrew-zh3gk 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonmacdonald5345 you’ve obviously never been gold prospecting.
@lexiepexie7845 3 жыл бұрын
@@Andrew-zh3gk I think it's sarcasm
@franklesser5655 4 жыл бұрын
So happy the spillway is back. It was so hard on all of us Americans when it was damaged to terribly! Welcome back ol' spillway. It looks good. It really looks good.
@berndklumpp7790 3 жыл бұрын
Nice irony in your text 'n words!
@sandramcdaniel2 4 жыл бұрын
That 2 years flew by fast!
@bettybergen5076 5 жыл бұрын
Is there any more updates??????Would like to see them
@LususxNaturae 4 жыл бұрын
Easily one of the most beautiful spillways I’ve seen.
@Kenneth_James 3 жыл бұрын
how many you seen? Spillway aficionado?
@Engineer9736 3 жыл бұрын
This was probably the first spillway he has ever seen
@LususxNaturae 3 жыл бұрын
Y’all over here hating on people over spillways? Weird.
@balachandar8430 4 жыл бұрын
Suuperb drone work
@GatorMike79 2 жыл бұрын
Since I've been watching the complete rebuild, this was pretty cool to watch as boring as it was LOL
@khaledadams4329 3 жыл бұрын
The kayak trap at the end!
@damengineer6534 4 жыл бұрын
Why is the aerator not seen in the repaired canal at the oroville dam? 🤔
@johnrapach3675 3 жыл бұрын
What i wouldn't give to be at the bottom of that spillway when the water comes rushing towards me
@oscarmendez590 5 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know how deep the flow is?
@varinderkumar863 4 жыл бұрын
Very nice capture
@gregorycarton1892 4 жыл бұрын
tres ecolo tout ca..... merci
@Supernaut2000 3 жыл бұрын
They got it all wet! Warranty voided!
@darinladd5312 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. DWR and Kiewit construction. Blancolirio. Heroes of modern government, construction, and open government. Let's hope that 100 years from now they remember.
@JordanBrotherInJesus 4 жыл бұрын
Anyone down for a tube ride down the big water slide?
@kimkris21 4 жыл бұрын
The landings gonna hurt...
@Hugh-Glass 4 жыл бұрын
Let's go, cut a path and I'll be right behind.
@irenedavo3768 4 жыл бұрын
😳😳😳😳😳
@brandoncaldwell95 4 жыл бұрын
Let me just check to make sure my insurance premiums are paid this year.
@TheFinalWagon 3 жыл бұрын
yeah come to oroville, its a great town!
@mishb32 5 жыл бұрын
Wish this had sound😫
@KTHKUHNKK 5 жыл бұрын
I also we should had sound I wonder if that was a drone up in the air shooting the footage
@ginger8655 5 жыл бұрын
Play some music while you watch..
@goldredlion920 5 жыл бұрын
We made America then went and made Italy to look like America..water was our street before Italy..
@loes3000 4 жыл бұрын
@6 6 She said she wished it had sound. She wished. Stfu damn lol .
@loes3000 4 жыл бұрын
@6 6 And im 100% sure she meant the sound of the water and not the drone...
@charleslebrun7217 3 жыл бұрын
Why is this tremendous force not being utilized generating electric power?
@patrickboehner4383 3 жыл бұрын
Because it's an emergency spillway, and the dam already has a hydro electric plant.
@nebtheweb8885 3 жыл бұрын
Charles the spillway is for flood control. The DAM already generates electric power.
@bobbytheglobby7469 4 жыл бұрын
Put a ramp at the bottom, boom Best water slide
@Niallhs 4 жыл бұрын
Until you hit the rocks at the bottom
@Ghst95 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not grumpy worst water slide ever haha
@anubis6864 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing isn't it? No matter what sort of video is posted on KZfaq you can guarantee that all the 'experts' will crawl out from under their stones to criticise it and say what should have happened or should have been done differently. How come these idiots don't work for the industries involved if they're so clever?
@halfmens7247 3 жыл бұрын
There to busy with being smart!
@GPz84 3 жыл бұрын
@@halfmens7247 'too' busy.
@suzylarry1 5 жыл бұрын
this was a long time coming ...the water flow...2 years and a lot of work !
@kellenlancaster110 3 жыл бұрын
Husky airplane made in my home town. Hope it flies well in California.
@ericassuvtravels 4 жыл бұрын
The new dam Looks amazing. What a difference from original dam. Nice upgrade
@gardenman3 3 жыл бұрын
Same dam. Just a new spillway
@williamlitlle1308 4 жыл бұрын
It looks as if the outer sides of the walls containing the water in the spillway are exposed, if so does anyone know why?
@gardenman3 3 жыл бұрын
I think they were still in the process of filling them back in.
@jamiehartshorne7396 5 жыл бұрын
nice slide
@OscarVaughn 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that would be a crazy tube ride.
@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын
The end, not so much…
@joehead1294 2 жыл бұрын
Bet they would like to have that water back!
@paulaharrisbaca4851 4 жыл бұрын
BUMMER!! No roaring water sound? I guess it'd be more like running a bathtub actually. I wonder why they didn't record the audio?
@Merennulli 3 жыл бұрын
I believe the video was recorded using a drone with a built-in camera. Those cameras don't have a microphone on them because they cut weight and cost wherever possible, and you're usually recording drone footage too far away to get meaningful audio.
@Jan-qq9xc 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome; beautiful!
@kitchenbriks3685 2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the walls weren't more reinforced
@christopherwaldrop8115 4 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@huemanatie4392 5 жыл бұрын
All the up river dams are at capacity. Also with a 40 degree rise in temperature in two or three days, wettest May on record, 160% snow pack, it could be interesting still. A spillway test at 8% is not all that reassuring. Disasters are often the result of a combination of events that on their own would not be disastrous but when they pile up they become an 'unforeseen able' event.
@superbhiel 4 жыл бұрын
What happen why so silent?
@Engineer9736 3 жыл бұрын
It are probably drone shots which usually come with a sound like 100 musquitos. Better to hear nothing then.
@sudarshan3965 4 жыл бұрын
I want to do kayaking on this. 🛶
@bunzeebear2973 3 жыл бұрын
Upstream too. Talk about the arms then- Wrist wrestling champ in the world.
@paulsosa1872 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from the future save that precious water there will be a long drought
@overlord-6644 3 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me where and when to buy a lottery ticket?
@FSXflyermaster 3 жыл бұрын
@@overlord-6644 you already missed it
@overlord-6644 3 жыл бұрын
@@FSXflyermaster I don’t need water I need a winning lottery ticket
@alexanderwlad6689 3 жыл бұрын
Who else saw the 1st drone in the 2nd drones footage?
@baylinkdashyt 3 жыл бұрын
So... does anyone know if the reconstructed spillways were built with pressure and velocity sensor instrumentation, as you would expect from such a large engineering construct from the 21st Century?
@CliffJumpingProd 3 жыл бұрын
Damn...
@chrislindsay60 5 жыл бұрын
I wouldnt think waves would be good in this set up could cause a harmonic problem ,
@dtiydr 4 жыл бұрын
No problems, they are way, way to fast in comparison to any resonance frequency in the mountain or such.
@SuperMurf44 3 жыл бұрын
Great test now we can rest at ease knowing water runs down hill….
@dogmandan79 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up near that dam and always heard stories of drunk college kids going down that spillway riding innertubes.
@MarlenaCarrillo 5 жыл бұрын
Sad...
@milesrand8675 4 жыл бұрын
MarlenaCarrillo How?
@bigguy1200 3 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Chico for 25 years and the dam is about the only thing I go to in Oroville it's such a shit hole that I usually never go out there that often not when I have upper bidwell park to go run around in.
@thevinceberry 3 жыл бұрын
The town looks nice online,what's wrong with Oroville
@Hugh-Glass 4 жыл бұрын
Was that crane on the right normal?
@jcsphotography9318 4 жыл бұрын
Hugh Glass No they’re probably dismantling it. Taking the block (hook) off
@Hugh-Glass 4 жыл бұрын
@@jcsphotography9318 gotcha. I know nothing of them except what they usually look like.
@gregw4303 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much power it produces...
@nebtheweb8885 3 жыл бұрын
The spillway is just a spillway. The DAM is the one that generates electric power.
@gregw4303 3 жыл бұрын
@@nebtheweb8885 ok, jolly good 😁
@dorecannon2851 3 жыл бұрын
If they had finished it , it would have made a great slip-in-slide.
@ROGER2095 3 жыл бұрын
Evil Kneivel wants to jump across the broken road at the bottom. (I know I do!)
@Funeral65 2 жыл бұрын
Did they constuct it properly this time though?
@Clearanceman2 3 жыл бұрын
Evel Knievel Could have scheduled it down the spillway up one of the ramps and into the river. Somehow he would have managed to crash but Robbie could have done it on a dirt bike without getting hurt
@jimthompson717 Жыл бұрын
Where? When? I must have missed it.
@Survivor1547 4 жыл бұрын
Wow it has been a long time i hope the spillway doesn't eroded away in 2020.
@johnernest2779 5 жыл бұрын
Time to pull the cork on that water slide!
@georgeeverette3912 4 жыл бұрын
Makes you feel proud of America.
@joshuaguenin9507 4 жыл бұрын
The previuos one was american built also.....
@bettyowens3066 4 жыл бұрын
Think it more like ocean now
@claudreindl7275 5 жыл бұрын
Maximum capacity supposedly ~269,000 cfs...so you test it at 8,300 cfs, or 3% ?? I must be missing something here.
@allgasnobrakes530 5 жыл бұрын
Claud Reindl right what else are they keeping
@Wrugoin13 5 жыл бұрын
Probably a civil engineering degree. Just a guess.
@MidgetPunter 5 жыл бұрын
The test wasnt just about the Chute. It was testing of the gates and locks was the main priority for that initial test. The portion needed to check on sensors for the Chute couldve been done with 4,000 cfs.
@777Macau 5 жыл бұрын
@@MidgetPunter Exactly, so a bogus test!!!!!
@harrickvharrick3957 4 жыл бұрын
You keyboard warriors, always easily criticising way too fast and without having any knowledge whatsoever of whatever the subject it is about.. what else are you keeping from us the disses dudes that have some brain!
@sacap1982 4 жыл бұрын
perfect all.... from india.
@MAMP 4 жыл бұрын
Soon as I saw water flowing my first thought was to start fishing it
@Michaljordan1 5 жыл бұрын
LOOK AT THAT BROWN WATER!!
@milesrand8675 4 жыл бұрын
Joe Powell That’s just from water turbulence stirring up mud at the bottom of the spillway
@Jan-qq9xc 4 жыл бұрын
MICHIGAN, are you watching?
@stephenkessel1990 4 жыл бұрын
Oh man that was raw!
@greggibson2117 3 жыл бұрын
And now there is not enough water to actually use it.............sad how much drought California is in.
@gman9148 4 жыл бұрын
Sound is not working...
@jamescollinson2179 5 жыл бұрын
Unusually heavy snowfall in February and March has raised the Sierra snowpack to 200% average for this time of year. With melt over the next 2 months Lake Oroville will fill faster than the spillway even at maximum capacity can drain it. The dam could overflow and collapse.
@EasyModeFishing 4 жыл бұрын
I’m a little concerned with how the water got all muddy when it dropped over. That looks like soil erosion to me...
@ProfezorSnayp 4 жыл бұрын
They spillway was built on mostly solid rock but still some soil remained. It will get washed out eventually.
@Engineer9736 3 жыл бұрын
You can rest assured that at least a 100 professionals have seen this footage.. No need to be alarmed about something so obviously visible being a regular civilian.
@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын
I’d guess that either mud washed off the new concrete or mud stirred up by the fall into the Feather River. 🤷♂️
@soprano4122 4 жыл бұрын
im gonna watch paint dry next
@onestepatatime2346 5 жыл бұрын
blancolirio has great reporting on this for the last two years
@tstahler5420 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! His updates are incredible.
@randomconsumer4494 3 жыл бұрын
Much better...
@catholicguy1000 3 жыл бұрын
Worlds biggest water slide . Hold my beer
@goldredlion920 5 жыл бұрын
Looks like me taking a piss
@philipmarz707 5 жыл бұрын
8300 cfs isn't much of a test, about all it did was wash the spillway. Load it up and watch the bottom end disintegrate. If the Corp of engineers is involved something will go bad, it never fails
@Latabrine 4 жыл бұрын
...or it always fails! 👌😎
@brandoncaldwell95 4 жыл бұрын
Yep, where they say it cant be done, someone does it and better then they would. What the corps of engineers did build it, its typically destroyed soon
@paultrigger3798 3 жыл бұрын
build the most stuff = most failures. Also the prime was Kiewit not that it matters, this stuff always a sensitive subject
@caliguess 3 жыл бұрын
Forbidden water park
@ivanfangio 3 жыл бұрын
No more trees 💔
@duanedrouillard2495 3 жыл бұрын
Sure could use that water now
@jeffreywonser3241 3 жыл бұрын
It'd be fun one time!
@cliffordgoode8342 5 жыл бұрын
Moo moo says; To fill the dam to its capacity is the only true pressure leak test one could actually relie upon. Nextly I'm sure they are not testing the wier flow function, but ya never know for a fact.Nextly; 1' of water at full volume = boo coo acre square footage and power output preformance % gains in the now smoking hot turbos here. A few touch up repairs and its ready to fly ! But this dam is designed for a small miscalculation of rain volumes, as weir exists proven.But how deep over the weir is a big rain storm, with 3 upper dams full throttle releases, with snow pack melt additions, flat looks like a weir is needed all the way across the top of orville dam to me. A thought of a 15' high weir water wall, don,t sound unreasonable in the above in miscalculation, to me as a small probability plain to see.Check your horoscope closely and wish upon your lucky star a lot today. Thank God they got it ready for full speed ahead,just in case its needed.That was a God awefull job to complete , no less this fast. I must admitt to a job well done boys, except for 1/2 flow buckling concrete plates. = big $ an big ?
@trentsc4929 5 жыл бұрын
The time to move is right now.
@thecrazy1219 4 жыл бұрын
forbidden waterslide
@Brandon-ch2ot 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely would go down it in a tube before I die lol
@mexcanfun4498 5 жыл бұрын
Whatever they do it's just a big pile of mud.
@wildpurple005 6 ай бұрын
*forbidden slip-n-slide*
@Sidicas 3 жыл бұрын
All that waste of potential energy. They need to add more generators.Before it rains, drain the dam into the extra generators so it has lots of room to hold more energy/water during the rainfall surge..
@user-ch8kd3wp7j 3 жыл бұрын
Хорошие ребята, сработали на совесть как узбеки, да нет даже лучше узбеков, как мексиканцы, ну как можно таким криворуким проектировщикам плотины, доверять такие работы!!!
@user-tb9vh1kv2f 4 жыл бұрын
автодуш-мультипаспорт
@multimood 4 жыл бұрын
I thought California was having a drought?
@jj3449 3 жыл бұрын
So I don't really care much for the politics and don't care to argue it but I found it entertaining that this particular lake is the one that you were shown in 2015 almost empty, and they were crying about the drought and global warming fast forward two years and it is full and they are worrying about the dam collapsing and the root cause of all the rain? you guessed it
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