spillway

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Water rushes through 12 spillway gates at the U.S.

From Salon

Over the weekend, the lake’s spillway was releasing as much as 7,000 cubic feet of water per second to make room for incoming flows, putting additional pressure on the river and tributaries downstream.

From Los Angeles Times

By March 10, the Folsom Dam was full enough that the Bureau of Reclamation released water down its auxiliary spillway into the American River to manage water levels.

From Los Angeles Times

As rain kept falling, the reservoir's spillway began to collapse, forcing the state to evacuate more than 180,000 people from the river basin downstream.

From Salon

The storms eroded the main and emergency spillways, limiting the reservoir’s main tool to control the water level, which forced thousands of residents below the dam to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times