FOLSOM (KRON) — There was a disturbing discovery Wednesday morning in an area next to the Folsom Dam.
Early in the morning, a leak was discovered at a temporary dam at a new spillway construction site.
It is all happening right next to the Folsom Dam. Workers were evacuated, and six gates at the project have been shut down while the problem is being investigated.
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers put it, “things were leaking more than we’d like it to….”
There has been a temporary patch and more work will be done. Nobody was hurt as a result of the leak.
But it sounds like some construction equipment has been damaged.
One possible cause of all this–it’s believed the recent rain caused erosion at the temporary dam, resulting in the leak.