Both the primary and auxiliary spillways activate automatically, with no human input, based on how much water is in the reservoir, he said. On a November visit to the North Fork Water Treatment Plant, ...

After releasing around 323.6 billion gallons of water, the Tennessee Valley Authority said the dam's spillways have been ...

Both the primary and auxiliary spillways activate automatically ... the largest of the city's three water plants, and the 355-acre reservoir that feeds it, the chute of the auxiliary spillway ...