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Various watchdog groups tried to get emergency spillway lined with concrete, state and federal agencies and water utilities refused. That spillway is a big earthern ditch with just a concrete lip.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/12/oroville-dam-feds-and-state-officials-ignored-warnings-12-years-ago/amp/?client=safari
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