Posted on 12/16/2006 9:59:01 PM PST by SmithL
NASHVILLE - The water level of a Middle Tennessee lake will be dropped nearly 6 feet after federal officials found water leaking into the dam that created the lake.
Center Hill Lake, which covers 64 square miles and touches four Middle Tennessee counties, will be dropped 6 feet over the next two weeks, said U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials.
Exploratory drilling on Friday found water inside the 58-year-old concrete dam about 50 miles east of Nashville.
The dam isn't likely to burst any time soon, according to Corps officials, who are releasing water into Caney Fork River as a "precautionary measure."
The problem comes on the heels of a series of public meetings in Nashville and elsewhere about major problems at Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky, which could flood downtown Nashville in the unlikely event that it fails.
Corps officials said the lake drop could leave some marinas and boat ramps high and dry. Fishermen, boaters and canoeists are also being warned to stay off the Caney Fork River until the Corps is finished lowering the lake.
The dam was built to control flooding on the Caney Fork, which flows into the Cumberland near Carthage. The Corps predicted that the extra release of water would have little effect on the Cumberland, though it would produce swift currents on the Caney Fork.
"These problems started very soon after the lake was impounded in the 1950s," said Corps spokesman Bill Peoples.
The drilling was part of a previously scheduled repair project that is projected to take more than seven years to complete and cost more than $200 million.
Corps officials have held public meetings to discuss repairs on the dam.
LOL!!
Er, different kind of leak. I don't think this one is MSM approved.
LOL LOL, it took me a few sec's...c'est bon!!!
BTW, I hope his stammer get's worse.
2 feet x 64 square miles = (2 * [5280^2] * 64) cubic feet . That's a $hitload of water, son!
addendum: WTF is LL doing and who is he trying to fool??
any pic info??
Ask Leahey, he's dedicated his life to working for you and yours best interest.
and mine too now, scary!
should read; us scary.
I have no idea what he is up to... if you have the stomach for it, you can check out the picture source.
http://www.moveon.org/
The company I used to work for did major core selingg back in teh 80's. It's not a good dam. They refised to guaranteee anything
AAAHHH, source splains all. Encourage their activism and overeach.
"The company I used to work for did major core selingg back in teh 80's. It's not a good dam. They refised to guaranteee anything"
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I realiz that it was late, but I find your post confusing. Are you saying that you worked for a company that sold cores to construction companies and that these companies then submitted those cores for testing claiming that they came from a different pour?
sorry for the horrendous spelling in my previous post. The company did core sealing, wherein a 3" wide excavation was made through the dam, well into the underlying bedrock, and backfilled with a plastic cement, a mixture of bentonite, cement and aggregates. with the intention of reducing to near zero the amount of water that could permeate the dam.
Because of the state of the rest of the structure, the company refused to guarantee the work be sufficient to meet the design goals, only meet the specifications of the contract.
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