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Libby incident management team says Lower Flower Creek diversion dam stabilized; boil order remains while tests continue
Summary
Emergency managers reported engineers reduced reservoir head and sandbagged seepage areas at the city‑owned Lower Flower Creek Diversion Dam, lowering failure risk. City staff said the municipal water plant remains on a boil order pending lab results; an incident web page and EOC phone line were set up for residents.
Nick Holloway, public information officer with the Western Montana All‑Hazard Incident Management Team, told the Libby City Council on Dec. 15 that the IMT “took command of the Libby incident at 8AM this morning” and is coordinating closely with local responders. State teams are conducting damage assessments in Troy and Libby to determine whether public infrastructure damage meets the threshold for federal public assistance.
Holloway said engineers who inspected the city‑owned Lower Flower Creek Diversion Dam found seepage and internal erosion along the structure. Engineers and construction crews reduced the dam’s reservoir head on Dec. 14 and Dec. 15 and sandbagged problem areas. “By reducing the water level in the reservoir and stabilizing the damaged…
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