SAN FRANCISCO—California faces “a very significant risk” if state officials fail to repair a damaged spillway at Lake Oroville before the November onset of next winter’s rainy season, a team of engineering consultants has warned the reservoir’s operator. The four consultants wouldn’t elaborate what that risk entailed. About 200,000 people living below the state’s second-largest reservoir, and the tallest in the nation, were...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 23, 2017 21:11 UTC