Empty the reservoir!

Submitted by Ron Kilmartin (United States), Nov 8, 2007 at 15:01

They should be releasing water up to channel capacity ASAP to get water pressure down. From the description of the grouting operating, that was a dam that should never have been built.

Ron Kilmartin
Consulting Engineer
Pleasant Hill, CA

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