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Prince George, BC – For the first time in 10 years, BC Hydro has been spilling water at both the WAC Bennett Dam, as well as its facility downstream on the Peace River, the Peace Canyon Dam, in light of significant water levels in the Williston Lake reservoir. <> 467 0 obj endobj endobj endobj endobj 565 0 obj 523 0 obj The sites of Peace Canyon Dam, Seven Mile Dam, Portage Mountain Project, and Revelstoke Dam are described in terms spillway design, plunge pool geology, and historical spillway outflows. 472 0 obj <> 479 0 obj endobj endobj 517 0 obj [669 0 R 670 0 R 671 0 R 672 0 R 673 0 R 674 0 R 675 0 R 676 0 R 677 0 R 678 0 R] 662 0 obj endobj <> endobj 520 0 obj 657 0 obj endobj 630 0 obj [1926 0 R 1527 0 R 1528 0 R 1529 0 R 1530 0 R 1924 0 R 1923 0 R 1922 0 R 1921 0 R 1920 0 R 1915 0 R 1914 0 R 1913 0 R 1912 0 R 1911 0 R 1906 0 R 1905 0 R 1904 0 R 1903 0 R 1902 0 R 1897 0 R 1896 0 R 1895 0 R 1894 0 R 1893 0 R 1532 0 R 1533 0 R 1534 0 R 1884 0 R 1883 0 R 1882 0 R 1536 0 R 1537 0 R 1538 0 R] 593 0 obj <> 590 0 obj x��X_o�67���Gi�i�")q( endobj 500 0 obj “The failure of a large dam has the poten-tialto cause more death and destruction than the failure of any other man-made structure,” says Dr. Richard Woodward, an Australian dam engineer who maintains a Web page devoted to dam safety. How was everyone’s long weekend? 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