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Crews Begin To Repair Lake Delton Dam

Lake Drained Into Wisconsin River

Posted: 2:14 pm CDT July 21, 2008

Crews are beginning to repair the dam damaged when Lake Delton overflowed and emptied during last month's flooding in southern Wisconsin.

Village trustee Tom Diehl said it's a psychological boost to see the work begin.

Trustees voted last week to spend $1.5 million on improvements to the dam. The approaches to the dam's gates will be reshaped like funnels to handle more water. Crews also plan to build new emergency spillways.

Diehl said the improvements will make the dam capable of holding more than twice the amount of water as before.

The breach in the lake on June 9 sent water rushing to the Wisconsin River, destroying five home and a portion of a nearby highway.

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