2019 – US Army Corps of Engineers Audit of Concrete Chute Spillways on Erodible Foundations

Mike Phillips, Taylor C. Bradley, Dana W. Moses, Justin T. Pearce, Salvatore A. Todaro, Steven R. Townsley

The purpose of this paper is to document a limited review of the existing concrete chute spillways in the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) portfolio of dams. This internal review was undertaken in response to the partial spillway failure of the Oroville Dam concrete chute spillway in February 2017, the partial spillway failure of the Guajataca Dam concrete chute spillway as a result of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and to address the request by the United States Congress for USACE, United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), and the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review their respective portfolios for similar spillway vulnerabilities as Oroville Dam. The intent was to screen for existing concrete chute spillways within the USACE portfolio that may be susceptible to damage/failure during operation.

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