More erosion occurred on the damaged Oroville Dam Spillway, after some overnight test releases, which officials expected. But releases have been ramped up, from 20,000 cubic feet per second to 35,000 cfs and Doug Carlson, with the Department of Water Resources, says there’s no imminent threat to public safety or the integrity of the dam….

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The reservoir added about 200,000 acre feet of water in a 24-hour period ending late Thursday morning and was about 20 feet below the level where it would reach the emergency spillway. But Carlson says he expects the inflow to slow down soon enough to make it unlikely they’ll have to use it for the first time in the 48-year history of the dam, with a dry spell on the way…

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Carlson says releases could even go as high as 150,000 cfs, if necessary. The reservoir came within one foot of flowing over, in January of 1997, the last time there were major floods in the valley. Meanwhile, a lot of sediment and debris washing into the Feather River from the spillway has caused a frantic trucking of some 4-million baby salmon from a downstream hatchery.