The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will test spillway gates at its three dams on the upper Savannah River this week, including Hartwell Dam. The tests at Hartwell, Russell, and Thurmond Dams will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. Corps of Engineers Public Affairs Specialist Tracy Robillard said that the Corps is conducting necessary safety checks on all of the spillway gates. “Specifically at Hartwell Dam, we have 12 spillway gates there,” said Robillard. “We will have safety officials and they will open the gates about one to two feet and just evaluate (the gates) and check their readiness so in the event that there was ever an emergency and we had to use those spillway gates, we know everything is in working order.”
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