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Short term solution for Crooked Lake flooding still being sought

A short term solution to the flooding at Crooked Lake is still a work in progress, Barry County Drain Commissioner Jim Dull said Monday.

 

The Barry County Drain Commission has purchased 23.7 acres of property from Daryl Jones on the north side of Delton Road, have berms in place to form a retention pond and will pump water from Crooked Lake into the holding area. They are waiting for easements and permits right now, he said.

The water level at the lake was at 927.8 last week, when it should be at 922.75, he said.

 

When they can relieve the flooding in the short term, they will work on a long term fix: installing a 12-inch underground drain tile from the retention pond to move the lake water to the Delton Drain on Pine Lake Road.

 

A Task Force working on the Crooked Lake flooding met April 29. The Drain Commision is not a member of the group, but after the meeting Dull, two engineers, their legal counsel and representatives from the Department of Environmental, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE), formerly the DEQ, and the DNR answered questions from the group.

“That helped,” Dull said. “It was a good, very productive meeting.”

 

An informational meeting for residents in the Watson Drain District to hear about the scope of the project is set for Saturday, June 8 at 10 a.m. in the Delton School gym. Dull will be on the dais with the engineers and attorneys. He has invited elected state officials and representatives from the DNR and EGLE. “We’ve already sent out notices to people and told them if they have questions to write them down and we’ll try to answer them.”

 

The Crooked Lake flooding has defied solution since the spring of 2018, causing ongoing hardships for lake residents and frustration for county officials. Several ideas have been proposed and discarded for various reasons. The Barry County Board of Commissioners approved $500,000 in funding for the emergency in July of last year.

 

 

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