Oroville Dam Report Says Problems On Spillway Started Almost Right Away

OROVILLE, Calif. (CBS) – After 11 months of investigation, an independent team on Friday released the final report on the Oroville spillway.A report by the team of six dam experts found the problems with Oroville Spillway happened almost immediately after construction.
“Lots of capable people looked at this thing over the course of 50 years and it escaped all of them,” said John French, the team leader.
He says the spillway was designed in the 1960’s by someone who had no