- as
overflow channels.
Spillways ensure that
water does not
damage parts of the
structure not
designed to
convey water.
Spillways can
include floodgates...
- Open
channel spillways are dam
spillways that
utilize the
principles of open-channel flow to
convey impounded water in
order to
prevent dam failure. They...
- dissipator, such as a body of water, at the end of the
spillway downstream.
Stepped spillways,
consisting of
weirs and channels, have been used for over...
-
February 2017,
heavy rainfall damaged Oroville Dam's main and
emergency spillways,
prompting the
evacuation of more than 180,000
people living downstream...
- The
Morganza Spillway or
Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control
structure in the U.S.
state of Louisiana. It is
located along the
western bank of...
-
prevent water from
entering the
spillways but can
maintain an
extra 16 ft (4.9 m) of lake level.
Water flowing over the
spillways falls dramatically into 600-foot-long...
-
emergency spillways threatened to fail,
leading to the
evacuation of 188,000
people living near the dam.
After deterioration of the main
spillway largely...
- The
Pequannoc Spillway is a run-of-the-river
spillway constructed in the 1920s as part of the
Morris Canal system in the
Pompton Plains section of Pequannock...
-
Thottappally Spillway is Kuttanad's drain-way out to the
Arabian Sea. The
spillway splits Thottappally Lake with the
fresh water part to the east and...
- the
upper Colorado River that led to
extended use of its
tunnel spillways. The
spillways,
designed for short-term use, soon
underwent cavitation and began...
