https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/03/watch-dramatic-videos-of-the-oroville-dam-spillway-reopening/ > For California hydrology community, this moment has been a long time coming. > Two years after the main spillway at the Oroville Dam came apart after being compromised by a winter’s worth of heavy storms, the chute has been repaired and water was allowed to once again flow this week from the tallest dam in the nation.