Dam operations are not being changed yet. But the simulations are showing how to make the dams better serve the needs of power generation, irrigation, salmon and recreation as the climate changes ...

Some say that getting more water into storage by building more dams is key. But dams also create problems for native fish, and some see them as a waste of money that may not provide sufficient supply.

"The goal for November 1 is to build an entirely new spillway ... The construction plans are tested on a 1/50 scale model of the Oroville Dam Spillway built by Johnson and his team.

The researchers claim that no human labor needs to be directly employed in building ... to the Yangqu dam. According to the study, the scheduling system uses the design model of the dam to ...