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At the end of the spillway the water is send upward. This is a way to dissipate the energy of the water coming down and avoid digging a hole or eroding the rive
by athenot 8y ago
At the end of the spillway the water is send upward. This is a way to dissipate the energy of the water coming down and avoid digging a hole or eroding the river itself. This appears to be a common feature in most spillways.
- wgrover 8y agoHere's a (pre-repair) photo of those energy dissipator blocks at the bottom of the spillway, including people for scale: http://media.fishreports.com/reports/img-20170303-78a7bb40.jpg http://media.fishreports.com/reports/img-20170303-78a7bb40.j... Hard to comprehend how massive those blocks are...
- pdkl95 8y agoYah, it's kind of hard to show the magnitude of the spillway and the repair work in a few pictures. Juan (blancolirio) posed a very good time-lapse/montage (including footage from the DWR) that shows the entire repair project. The audio has comments from Keiwit's executive project director of the repair project about the insane amount of material and work that was needed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6lus-PXS4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6lus-PXS4k