NEW : Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the spillway once river flows hit a trigger . NEW : Projections indicate the tipping point could come as early as Saturday , Jindal says . NEW : The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973 . Comment: I'm going to assume you're talking about the Oroville Dam in California which was built by the US government and then sold off for profit after it failed catastrophically.
NEW : Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the spillway once river flows hit a trigger . NEW : Projections indicate the tipping point could come as early as Saturday , Jindal says . NEW : The Morganza Spillway has not been opened since 1973 . Opening the Morganza Spillway would flood the Atchafalaya River Basin .