ENR Northwest has named the Wanapum Dam Spillway Project the Best Project within the Energy/Industrial category.
In late February 2014, a crack was discovered at the Wanapum Dam Spillway. The project owner, Grant County Public Utility District (District) immediately consulted with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), lowered the reservoir, and retained engineering consultants and construction contractors to address the problem. Through remarkable cooperation between the District, MWH Global, construction contractors, and regulators full operations were restored in March 2015, just over a year after discovery of the crack.
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