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Resident urges county to back USGS gauge upstream on Kankakee River; board to refer request to basin commission
Summary
A resident asked the board to support installation of a USGS stage-only flood gauge upstream of the Davis Route 30 gauge; board voted to forward the request to the Kankakee Yellow River Basin Commission (KRBC) for consideration and potential funding coordination.
Dawn Schmelz told the La Porte County Drainage Board she has tracked flooding near her home along the Kankakee River for 35 years and requested county support for a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) stage-only gauge upstream of the Davis (Route 30) gauge to provide earlier flood readings.
Schmelz said she had communicated with USGS contact Jeff Woods, who described options and costs. She reported USGS…
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