[daepp]

So the spillway and gates were designed for a maximum water release of 250,000 cubic feet per second.

The DWR, who run the dam, say the releases at 65-70K CFS tore up the main spillway.
They have now throttled it back to 55K CFS.

I wonder what affect the environmentalists' favorite "pet" fish hatchery just downstream had on the timing and amounts of releases. I see lots of stories about the "heroics" of saving baby fish and fish eggs - threatened by the dirt in the fast-moving water - before they really opened up the floodgates.

I don't want to hear they waited to save the fish...