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Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by napa15 on Sunday October 22, 2017 @04:06AM (#15525702)
500 million? Wow. Can't they just lay down a big pipe and decrease the water level that way? Seems to me like just about any solution would be cheaper than 500 million...
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Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by dragandj on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:08AM (#15525833)
The spillway is a sort of a big half-pipe.
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Re:Oroville Dam: Cost to repair spillways nearly doubles in ... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday October 22, 2017 @10:16AM (#15526921)
Largest syphon tube in the World?
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