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How Do Spillways Work?
- Published_at:2019-05-28
- Category:Education
- Channel:Practical Engineering
- tags: Spillway Dam Weir Morning Glory Hydrology Flood Flooding Watershed Practical Engineering Civil Engineering Engineer Grady
- description: The first 500 people to click get 2 months of Skillshare Premium free: http://skl.sh/practicalengineering4 We normally build a dam to hold water back and store it for use in water supply, irrigation, hydropower, or flood control. But sometimes we have to let some water go. Whether we need it downstream or the impounded water behind the dam is simply too full to store any more, nearly every dam needs a spillway to safely discharge water. The spillway is a critical part of any dam and often the most complex component. So how does it work? -Patreon: http://patreon.com/PracticalEngineering -Website: http://practical.engineering Writing/Editing/Production: Grady Hillhouse Thumbnail Photo: Doug Letterman (CC BY 2.0) This video is sponsored by Skillshare.
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