Department of Water Resources and Yuba County Water Agency Schedule Emergency Management Exercise.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2004 The Department of Water Resources (DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked ), in cooperation with the Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA YCWA Youth Crime Watch of America ), will conduct a one-day emergency management "functional exercise" on May 26, 2004, dealing with a simulated major flood event involving Oroville Dam and New Bullards Bar Dam New Bullards Bar Dam is a dam in California on the Yuba River and forms the New Bullards Bar Reservoir, which has a capacity of 996,103 acre feet (1.23 km³). It is located near the town of Dobbins in Yuba County. . During "Operation Snorkel," emergency operations centers will be activated by DWR, the California Department of Parks and Recreation The California Department of Parks and Recreation manages the California state parks system, which contains 280 parks and 1.4 million acres (5,700 km²), with over 280 miles of coastline; 625 miles of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles of hiking, , Butte County, Yuba County and Sutter County. DWR's Operations Control Office and Flood Operations Center will support the exercise along with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and the National Weather Service. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. requires that DWR and YCWA conduct an emergency exercise every five years as a condition of their federal operations licenses. This year, DWR and YCWA have joined together to avoid duplication of effort and to provide a more effective and realistic exercise environment. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. Visit DWR 's Website at http://www.water.ca.gov/. |
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