Petition to remove obstruction denied after board cites 8-foot elevation difference
A resident's petition alleging the lake dam was causing flooding onto her property was denied after staff told the board the dam's top is roughly 8 feet lower than the property, making the claimed backflow physically implausible; staff noted the complaint has recurred over the past decade.
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The Morgan County Drainage Board reviewed a petition filed in April from a resident who said a dam on a nearby lake was causing water to back up onto her property. Board staff reported that the top of the dam is approximately eight feet lower than the resident's property and that, as a result, the lake could not be the source of the alleged backup.
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