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$87,410 in Taxes Required For Town Budget: Training To Fi GHT A FL Ood
$87,410 in Taxes Required For Town Budget: Training To Fi GHT A FL Ood
$87,410 in Taxes Required For Town Budget: Training To Fi GHT A FL Ood
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Vol. 131 No. 8 Friday, May 3, 2013
90 cents + tax
By KATE SJOBERG
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ocal municipalities staff were on hand last Friday, April 26th, for training on setting up, maintaining and draining aquadams. Th e training was held at the Town Yard on Armitage Avenue. Th e Town of Minnedosa recently purchased two 50 foot aquadams to protect infrastructure against flooding. A 100 foot dam costs $3,500 apiece and can be linked together in straight, or curved formations as needed. Dams are filled with whatever water source is available. When filled, the dams sit two and a half feet high, and about six
feet wide when deployed. One 100 foot piece takes about 90 minutes for the entire setup - many hours faster than setting up a sandbag dam of similar length, width and size. Th e Province of Manitoba Department of Infrastructure and Transportation offered the training, and carries additional aquadams that can be borrowed as needed as supplies last. Barrett Nelson of Emergency Measures says the dams will be used if we get flash flooding as a result of overland fl ooding coming down into the valley on the south and north hills. Th e trigger for use is based on observation of and amount of actual water we see coming.
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