The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $204-million contract on September 18 to Flatiron/Dragados/Sukut (FDS) joint venture of Benicia, CA, to construct modifications to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 24—Water managers at Isabella Dam have been clear that the Kern River Basin's record-high snowpack meant the amount of water ...

The dam, originally built in 1953, is undergoing a multi-year, 3-phase upgrade process designed to address issues that put the dam at the top of nation's list of critical infrastructure issues. LAKE ...

LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (KERO) — According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, April 1 is the start of the 2023 runoff season, including the flow from Lake Isabella into the Kern River. The corps has ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a wide-ranging study of the two dams at Isabella Lake. The study was undertaken as a result of seismic concerns as well as water seepage detected in 2006 ...

House Majority Leader and Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that the Safety Modification Project at the dam will receive $258.2 million. McCarthy started working on this project on ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers are preparing to use the Isabella dam’s service spillway to release water for the first time since 1983 in order to handle expected water level rise from snowpack melt.

Sort of. Both the city and the county have old plans drawn up in the unlikely event an earthquake or other problem caused Isabella Dam to suddenly collapse.They city's plan was drawn up by the ...