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II. Dams
C. Spillways
1. Purpose
2. Types
3. Discharge
Characteristics
D. Energy
Dissipation

II.C.1: Purposes of Spillways

• Used to pass excess
flow in a controlled Control Section
fashion
• Two main types:
– Unregulated
– Regulated

Terminal Structure Discharge Channel

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II.C.2: Types of Spillways

• Free Overflow
• Ogee
• Side Channel
• Labyrinth
• Chute
• Baffled Chute
• Stepped
• Drop Inlet
• Controlled Crest Ogee Crest Spillways
Folsom Dam, California

Free Overfall

Wadsworth Dam, Mantua Creek

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Free Overfall

Lake Centerton Dam, Muddy Run

Ogee Crest – Concrete

Chief Joseph Dam, Columbia River, WA

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Regulated Crest – Tainter Gate

Chief Joseph Dam

Columbia River, WA

Ogee Crest –
Masonry

Boonton Dam, Parsippany

Troy Hills, NJ
120 feet high

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Drop Inlet Spillway

Lake Kandle Dam, Sewell, NJ

Side Channel Spillway

Union City Dam, PA

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Side Channel Spillway

Side Channel Spillway (?)

Oak Ridge Reservoir Dam, WA Twp, Mercer County, NJ

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Labyrinth
Spillways

Labyrinth
Spillways

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Chute
Spillway

Baffled Chute Spillway

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Stepped
Spillway

Good energy dissipation

Good aeration

Spillways -
Regulated

Concrete Ogee Crest Spillways

& Tainter (Radial) Gates

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Spillways - Regulated

Vertical Lift Gates

Eildon Dam,
Australia
Thomas, Henry H.
The Engineering of Large Dams

Spillways - Unregulated

General Discharge Relationship (US Bureau of Reclamation)

Ogee Spillway

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Spillways - Regulated

General Discharge Relationship

Gated Spillway
(US Bureau of Reclamation)

Energy Dissipaters –
Baffle Blocks

Assunpink Site No. 6 Dam, Washington Township, NJ

12,653 acre-feet of storage

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