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Tempe Town Lake
Mayor Hugh Hallman addresses the media after one of four rubber dams at Tempe Town Lake, on the south end tore late Tuesday night. The lake is expected to be closed until early November while a new dam structure is put in place.
Ross D. Franklin
Tempe Town Lake
Joe Finneran of Tempe looks out over what is left of Tempe Town Lake after a 16-foot-high section of inflated rubber dam failed late Tuesday, causing a dam break and a near emptying of the lake Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Tempe.
Garin Groff, Tribune
Burst dam at Tempe Town lake
Burst dam at Tempe Town lake
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Tempe Town Lake
Tempe Town Lake is empty after one of four rubber dams on the south end tore late Tuesday night. The lake is expected to be closed until early November while a new dam structure is put in place.
Tim Hacker/Tribune
Tempe Town Lake
Tempe Town Lake is empty after one of four rubber dams on the south end tore late Tuesday night. The lake is expected to be closed until early November while a new dam structure is put in place.
Posted: Monday, July 26, 2010 3:02 pm
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Updated: 11:12 pm, Mon Jul 26, 2010.
City says Tempe lake dam was working properly
Associated Press |
An investigation into what caused a break at the Tempe Town Lake
dam has revealed the rubberized dam was working properly up until
the minute it failed.
The City of Tempe said in a news release
Monday that pressure records show everything was normal. Then at
9:44 p.m. Tuesday, the dam failed sending one billion gallons of
water out of the urban lake and down the Salt River channel through
Phoenix and beyond.
The city said there is no indication of a
precursor of the event or a gradual decline. There is also no
indication of a control system failure, such as overfilling or
excessive pressure build up.
Tempe said it will continue to investigate
what caused the dam break. Police have determined that criminal
activity was not involved.
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snipes posted at 10:39 pm on Mon, Jul 26, 2010.
Boy, the EV Trib site has really fallen apart since they were acquired.
What a pathetic mess. What a shame.
miraclegro posted at 6:44 pm on Mon, Jul 26, 2010.
You know how you can tell when a politician or government bureaucrat is lying? Their lips are moving.