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DAM TO BE WATERTIGHT
By BILL MARDIS, CJ Editor Emeritus
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset — All dams have some seepage, engineers say, but indications are the earthen section of Wolf Creek Dam will be as watertight as can be when a
new concrete barrier wall is in place by late 2012.
“Everything that goes in there stays in there,” commented Fred Tucker, public affairs specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This includes
the new concrete barrier wall to be installed during the next three years; a preliminary wall currently being inserted to stabilize the earthen
embankment while the permanent barrier wall is formed; and the original barrier wall put in place during the 1970s. All will remain in the dam.
In other words, the rehabilitated dam will have three concrete walls inside its earthen structure that makes up about three quarters of the dam’s
slightly more than a mile length. There apparently are no seepage problems in the concrete section of the dam.
Corps engineers say the $584 rehabilitation now under way should be a permanent fix. They say it will assure the safety of the dam at least through
the remainder of this century...
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Nervous_Wreck
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Any updates on the part they couldn't get filled in with the grout?
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And they're doing it all for $584 that's impressive.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Nervous_Wreck
Any updates on the part they couldn't get filled in with the grout? |
My understanding is that the area you are speaking of - "Critical Area No. 1" - is still leaking, perhaps as much as it ever did.
The location is where the concrete portion of Wolf Creek Dam and the earthen section join.
The grout simply never filled the voids. Of course the grout work was intended all along to be a temporary fix, or at least a slowdown fix, until the
wall was finished.
At the last meeting I attended, (last summer) the plan was to shift into the next phase - the actual cutoff wall, and to complete a couple of test
areas away from "Critical Area No. 1" to make sure the method that will be used is going to work, then the work will shift to "Critical Area No.1"
where the cutoff wall will be installed. In the meantime, the contractor on board for the installation of the actual cutoff wall would also continue
to look at other ways to fill the area with grout.
Again, that was my last information, and it could have changed since that particular meeting. If anyone has any new updates, go ahead and chime in
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Nervous_Wreck
Any updates on the part they couldn't get filled in with the grout? |
Here is some news concerning "Critical Area #1"
http://lakecumberland.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=24186&pag...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Watt Money
And they're doing it all for $584 that's impressive. |
Wonder if they are still at the $584 mark 
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$584. WOW.
That should make my new 24 x 36 garage project less than $10.
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