How Tough Will It Be To Rebuild Oroville Dam’s Spillway? State Hopes Model Will Help

Anyone who contemplated the wreckage of the Oroville Dam’s main spillway back in February — either while water was pounding down the shattered concrete structure or when the flow was stopped later and the enormity of the damage was fully visible— probably had this thought cross their mind: “That is going to be tough to fix.” Officials with the California Department of Water Resources were apparently thinking something similar.