BC Hydro conducts short-term spill at W.A.C. Bennett Dam – Energeticcity.ca

BC Hydro conducts short-term spill at W.A.C. Bennett Dam – Energeticcity.ca

The W.A.C. Bennett Dam and the Williston Lake Reservoir. (Jordan Prentice, Energeticcity.ca) HUDSON’S HOPE, B.C. — BC Hydro is conducting a short-term spill at the W.A.C. Bennett, with a total discharge expected to be 1,300 cubic metres per second.  According to Kate O’Neil, a BC Hydro spokesperson, “The spill is needed because of higher flows into the Williston Reservoir combined with reduced discharge capacity through the powerhouse because of…