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Folsom Dam has some cosmetic cracks in its newer spillway but officials say there is nothing to worry about. The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $16.6 million contract in January for ...
FOLSOM - There's a dam dilemma facing the Folsom Dam spillway. In 2017, local dignitaries celebrated the construction of a new auxiliary spillway at Folsom Dam. And after years of drought ...
FOLSOM, Calif. -- In California's Sacramento Valley, residents are watching Folsom Dam's new auxiliary spillway project transform from rock and dirt into a massive, life-saving flood risk ...
ON THE MOVE, NEW FLOODGATES HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. DESTINATION -- FOLSOM DAM. THE WIDE LOAD ON THE BED OF A TRAILER MOVING ON I-5 IN YOLO COUNTY EARLIER TODAY. IT MADE ...
But there's also a large amount of water being released downstream There's now a plan underway to store more water in the lake, and that involves raising Folsom Dam. It was a Memorial Day sight ...
WE'LL PROBABLY WILL NOT HEAR THE BLASTS. LIVE IN FOLSOM, TOM DUHAIN. The 10 year project to improve Folsom Dam spillways is moving forward as blasting solid rock has begun.
A $114.4 million contract to upgrade the Folsom Dam and elevate its main structure has been awarded to a joint venture of Shimmick Construction and California Engineering Contractors. The U.S ...
The Bureau of Reclamation said releases from Folsom Dam could continue even after this latest storm passes through Northern California. Already, all five of the dam’s gates are open, releasing water ...
Nonetheless, starting early Tuesday the federal managers of Folsom Dam began letting out a substantial amount of water into the American River through Sacramento, prompting warnings from local ...
The Folsom Dam joint federal project will receive $7.42 million from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reserve fund, and a separate project to raise the dam will receive another $720,000 from the fund ...