Engineers have known that Oroville’s backup spillway was unreliable
The near catastrophe at Oroville Dam draws attention to the complicated processes and myriad stakeholders involved in managing the tallest dam in the United States.
Welcome to Issue 9 of Open Rivers, which begins our third year of publication! Our tagline, “Rethinking Water, Place & Community,” speaks to our sense that there is a conversation taking place in diverse professional sectors and academic disciplines about the relationships between our human communities and our water communities, and that there is an audience for this conversation, both on campus and in the broader water-oriented professional community.