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Delafield officials describe multi‑day flood response and dam operations after heavy August rains
Summary
Mayor Icker and city staff described a multi‑day emergency response after intense August rainfall that raised lake levels and required active dam management, interagency coordination and ongoing assessments of property impacts and communications tools.
Mayor Icker described an extended city response after heavy rainfall that produced one of Delafield’s largest flood events since the dam work completed in 2008, saying the city’s public works and emergency teams worked overnight to move pumps and divert flows to protect basements and critical infrastructure. “This is the largest flood event we’ve had since 02/2008,” Mayor Icker said, adding that city crews and the dam operator “let the water level rise as much as we could physically handle.”
The mayor said city crews were coordinating with county and regional partners and that a county spreadsheet managed by Waukesha County was being used to track damage and to support reimbursement applications. He credited…
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