Don Pedro Spillway Opens For First Time Since 1997, Prompting Downstream Fears

WATERFORD (CBS13) — For the first time in 20 years the gates of the Don Pedro spillway opened as the reservoir was nearing the 55-foot flood stage.
“By releasing water now, we can control the flow and better regulate what’s going downstream,” said Calvin Curtain with the Turlock Irrigation District.
Curtain says depending on inflows and the storm system, they’ll be releasing water at 18,000 to 38,000 cubic feet per second. That water will then be swelling the Tuolum