The dam road is closed at Gavins Point, shut down for maintenance of the dam road and dam gates. But what is all this work, ...

22—The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) said late last week that there would be "routine testing" conducted on Wednesday morning on Oroville Dam's main spillway gate hoist system.

First responders seen airlifting a teenage overdose victim out of Devil’s Gate Dam ... by the dam’s high walls and the surrounding topography, necessitating helicopter hoist assistance ...

Rising approximately 183 feet above the streambed, the dam’s 14 ... “The main hoist capacity was increased by 10 tons to 150 tons, improving the ability to pull head gates and fish screens ...

“Every time we lift a gate, that’s a risk,” said Tony Fergert, the dam’s operations and maintenance manager. “So we’re trying not to do that any more than we have to.” Normally ...

Nagpur: The irrigation department has revised its plans to instal flood control gates at Ambazari Dam, opting for radial gates instead of the previously proposed vertical lift gates. This shift ...

But with the Sluice Gate being out of service, crews have had to manually make dam adjustments by using large lift gates since the heavy rains began on Tuesday evening, officials said.