From The Times Reporter website:
ZOAR, OH —
TAB Construction Co., contractor for the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, will begin placing layers of granular material in an area 400 feet by 100 feet near the pump station at Zoar levee beginning today. Work is expected to continue through the remainder of the week.
In the interest of public safety, Corps officials think it necessary to begin these interim risk reduction measures as soon as possible to ensure embankment materials are not lost through increased seepage. Continued high pools in the Dover Dam reservoir have caused increased seepage at the Zoar levee.
The Corps will hold a public meeting tonight at 6 in the Old School House at Zoar to provide residents with information regarding the interim risk reduction measures for Zoar levee.
Beginning at 3 today, the Corps will increase water releases to 7,600 cubic feet per second from Dover Dam, (as of 1:30 PM, the outflow was 5775.54 cubic feet per second) the same levels released during January 2005, according to the Corps. However, because flows from Beach City Dam are being reduced, residents downstream of New Philadelphia can expect water levels to be below the National Weather Service flood stage at the New Philadelphia gauge.
The Corps is continuing to assess the situation in coordination with the National Weather Service and area authorities. Corps inspectors remain on site monitoring the levee around the clock.
For more information, contact the Public Affairs Office at (304) 399-5551 or visit the Corps’ water information Web site at http://www.lrh-wc.usace.army.mil/wc/distns.htm
– U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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