California Dam Crisis to Take Weeks to Resolve, 200,000 in Limbo (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

SputnikNews.com
14.02.2017

State officials say it could be ‘10-15’ days before the Oroville Dam crisis is resolved, leaving 188,000 Californians unable to live in their own homes. Crews are working around the clock to keep water levels low and repair the eroded spillway that caused the leak.

Around 750,000 gallons of water are being removed from the reservoir every second, with the hopes of getting the levels low enough to repair the hole. However, as much as 8 inches of rain is expected to start falling in and around the dam starting on Wednesday.

​“We’re working very hard to deal with the challenges we have,” said Bill Croyle, acting director of the California Department of Water Resources, to SFGate. “We’re focused on the whole facility. The dam itself is sound, but we have some pieces that are critical to the operation that have been impaired.”

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