The New York Times » Reconfiguring levees and floodplains to allow the state’s rivers to overflow more naturally and benignly is a way to help ease the strain on state water infrastructure. But the idea has its critics.
Compact Equipment » Although any disaster is tragic, engineering failures, such as the Oroville Dam, have played a pivotal part in advancing the civil engineering industry and developing new technologies.
The Sacramento Bee » The storms of 2017 offer him and legislators a grand opportunity. They should not let it go to waste.
The Sacramento Bee » A 1990s documentary uses archival footage to detail the construction of the Oroville Dam, an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the United States that was built during the period of 1961 to 1968.
National Public Radio » California has one field engineer for every 57 dams it must inspect. Online story includes media player to hear audio segment.
Los Angeles Times » The failures will be investigated for a long time but some civil engineers are already pointing to likely suspects: design flaws, misunderstood geology and poor maintenance over the years.