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  • UPDATE: SR 190 lane closure at Success Lake extended through April

    The recurrent lane closure near State Route 190 post mile 23.39 will continue through April while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District continues improvements of rock slope protection of bridge abutments along Success Lake. Aside from the timeline extension, no changes to the current traffic plan are planned. The extension is
  • Richard L. Schafer Dam christened in renaming ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a ceremony October 1 to formally rename Success Dam after longtime Tule River Water Master Richard L. Schafer.
  • Corps approves additional 10,000 acre-feet of water at Success Lake this summer

    The amount of water that can be stored at Success Lake is going up this summer. A temporary deviation to the water control manual of Success Dam was approved May 23 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow the Tule River Association to construct a sandbag barrier across the Success Dam spillway.
  • Corps to discuss Success Dam enlargement project at Feb. 4 public meeting

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host a public meeting February 4 to discuss the re-initiation of the Tule River Spillway Enlargement Project, which received $74 million in appropriations in 2018 to raise Success Dam’s spillway up to 10 feet higher.
  • Army Corps awards $496K contract for Success Dam slide gate maintenance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $496,762 contract Sept. 17 to Abide International Inc. of Sonoma to conduct routine maintenance on the slide gates at Success Dam near Porterville.
  • Corps to fill borehole test sites at Success Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is scheduled to begin work in late April to fill and close borehole testing sites at Success Dam that were drilled to evaluate the integrity of the earthen structure and stability of soil and rock underneath the dam during the Success Dam Safety Modification Study.
  • Corps maintains higher water storage capacity at Success Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District announced June 10 it will maintain the operating restriction at Success Dam implemented in 2012. The restriction allows water storage up to 65,000 acre-feet or approximately 75 percent of the maximum capacity of the reservoir behind Success Dam. Ultimately, this could mean more water for local users during high-water months.