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The Tittabawassee River ripped through the dam last May after heavy rains and had been cutting a new course since then. Three other dams on the river were damaged in the flooding, and the water in the four lakes they had been holding back surged downstream, flooding neighborhoods and businesses.

The Tittabawassee River is back to its normal path past one mid-Michigan community. The river ripped through a dam last year and had been cutting a new course since.

Credit Steve Carmody / Michigan Radio An attorney at a Detroit-area law firm is looking at options to reduce the amount of money people have to pay to rebuild dams that were damaged during flooding last year, but some local leaders fear the effort could prevent the dams from ever being restored. The special assessment district that funds the four dams along the Tittabawassee and Tobacco Rivers was set up in 2019 -- before the floods that damaged the dams and emptied the lakes they held back. N...

Debris cleanup on Rail Trail in Sanford to start this month, followed by repairs Closed section of Rail Trail expected to reopen before end of 2021 Midland Daily News FacebookTwitterEmail Renee Suderman of Auburn, right, carries a piece of debris through a field where homes once stood, followed by her daughters, Adelyn, 10, Jaclyn, 11, and her husband Phil, as the family volunteers Aug. 28, 2020 to help clear the area south of the Rail Trail in Sanford.(Katy Kildee/kkildee@mdn.net) Debris clean...

In an order dated May 20, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, or the Commission) terminated the hydropower licenses for three projects...

In this hydro newsletter, we discuss EPA's intent to walk back Clean Water Act 401 Rule, Clean Water Act 401 waiver cases update, the Taking of Migratory Birds Proposed Rule, the campaign to restore and conserve 30 Percent of America’s Lands, and more.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In an order dated May 20, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, or the Commission) terminated the hydropower licenses for three projects located on the Tittabawasee River in Michigan—the Secord (P-10809), Smallwood (P-10810) and Sanford (P-2785) dams.  The termination by implied surrender follows a May 2020 breach at the Sanford dam and the breach and failure of the upstream Edenville dam, which was also operated b...

4:08 About a year ago, a series of dams on the Tittabawassee River failed. The lakes behind the dams emptied and left thousands of people who used to have waterfront property staring out onto a dry lakebed. Now, as Brett Dahlberg reports, there are plans to refill the lakes, but theyre controversial, and the results are still years away. But under heavy rains, the upstream dams failed. Water flooded into Sanford Lake and into the homes of Deliso, his neighbors, and thousands of other people in ...

Listening to the partisan political debate, some people may think that the only way for government policies to change is to elect the right people. While elections are important, they are not the only way that policies get changed. Another possibility is that the Overton Window shifts when some ideas become more popular, and the change can make previously unthinkable policies possible. I spoke with the Mackinac Center’s director of research, Michael Van Beek, to talk about how the Ove...

Michigan Dams Still Need Fixing a Year After Failure A year later, residents are looking at $215 million price to restore the emptied lakes with the earliest dams of four area dams completed by 2024 and the latest by 2026. Residents will be assessed to pay for the repairs. May 19, 2021 •  (TNS) - While the reasons for the Edenville Dams failure a year ago Wednesday are clear — a poorly maintained dam unable to keep back historic rainfall — holding those responsible accountable and fixi...