spillway
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The New York Times first wrote about Lake Berryessa’s mesmerizing drain, interviewing Peter Kilkus, who was there hours after the spillway opened.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
Next to the lake, a spillway flows into a stream that the Department of Water Resources refers to as Blue Canyon Creek.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024
However, opening the spillway also carries pollutants and nutrients into the Mississippi Sound and reduces salinity.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Opening the spillway diverts Mississippi River water to Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, after which it flows to the Mississippi Sound in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
On this side of the lake there was a concrete wall with a spillway.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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