Bureau of Reclamation posted three photos with the comment:
A closer look beneath the surface at Echo Dam:What started as a routine day became a major discovery when a dam tender spotted unusual conditions earlier this year. After water levels were lowered, crews found large concrete slabs had been lifted and shifted by powerful flows from the spillway and outlet works into the stilling basin.The Bureau of Reclamation and partners, including the Weber River Water Users Association, quickly investigated and determined the slabs were not fully anchored and had been displaced over time. Crews installed nearly 90 deep anchors, each about 30 feet long, to secure new concrete and improve long-term performance.Repairs were completed ahead of schedule, helping ensure the dam remains safe, reliable and ready for future high-water events.
Rick Kuter: Let's hope the future includes some high-water events. Definitely not a problem with this winter's snowpack, or lack thereof.
Mike Kluth shared
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Evidently, the building is an outlet control works valve house rather than a powerhouse.
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| Photo via StateParks |
The spillway gates are on the far side.
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| Street View, Jul 2024 |
The spillway is on the far side in this view.
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| Street View, Sep 2024 |
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| usbr "Echo Dam is a zoned earthfill structure, one mile upstream from the town of Echo and about six miles north of Coalville. It has a structural height of 158 feet [48m] and contains 1,540,000 cubic yards of materials. The spillway has a capacity of 15,000 cubic feet per second. The outlet conduit is a concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel to the gatehouse, from which two steel pipes pass through a tunnel to the valve house. The outlet works has a capacity of 2,100 cubic feet per second." |







































