Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 6:11:44 GMT -6
The Rancho California Water District is looking into the feasibility of building a new dam at Vail Lake to augment the existing structure, a 68-year-old mass of concrete that has been deemed “deficient” by a state agency.
The dam, about 10 miles east of Temecula at the northwest corner of the lake, was flagged by the state’s Division of Safety of Dams in early 2013.
In the event of a large earthquake on one of the two faults in the region – a temblor of 7.4 magnitude or greater – there’s a chance the dam could fail, the agency stated in its report.
District board member Danny Martin, elected in 2015, said he has been told there’s no record of an earthquake of that size magnitude in the region and that the dam has overflowed only twice in its 68 years.
Read more: www.pe.com/articles/dam-799287-district-lake.html
The dam, about 10 miles east of Temecula at the northwest corner of the lake, was flagged by the state’s Division of Safety of Dams in early 2013.
In the event of a large earthquake on one of the two faults in the region – a temblor of 7.4 magnitude or greater – there’s a chance the dam could fail, the agency stated in its report.
District board member Danny Martin, elected in 2015, said he has been told there’s no record of an earthquake of that size magnitude in the region and that the dam has overflowed only twice in its 68 years.
Read more: www.pe.com/articles/dam-799287-district-lake.html