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Town staff: dam leak may be wasting an estimated 8 million gallons a year
Summary
Public-works staff reported engineers are investigating a leak in the town dam, estimated at roughly 16 gallons per minute (about 8 million gallons per year); camera inspection is the next step.
Public-works staff told the selectboard the town is investigating a leak in a local dam and has contracted engineering firms to assess the problem. Speaker 5 said engineers will use an in-pipe camera to pinpoint the leak's origin before recommending repairs.
Speaker 5 said the current outflow is "roughly about 16 gallons a minute, and ... it's 8,000,000 gallons a year that's just going down the drain." He said the next step is to get a camera into the structure to see whether the leak originates from ceilings or wall penetrations. The board asked that staff proceed with the camera inspection and return with engineers' recommendations and cost estimates for repair. No funding appropriation or emergency action was approved in the meeting; the board directed staff to continue investigation and report back.
