Central Idaho's Mackay Dam is an 'accident waiting to happen,' officials say
Central Idaho's Mackay Dam need repairs and poses risks to communities and the Idaho National Laboratory, but funding is hard to come by.
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Central Idaho's Mackay Dam need repairs and poses risks to communities and the Idaho National Laboratory, but funding is hard to come by.
MACKAY (Idaho Capital Sun) — The over 100-year-old Mackay Dam in Idaho’s Custer County needs repairs and poses a risk to the town of Mackay just downstream and the Idaho National Laboratory about 30 miles further, according to the Idaho Department of Water Resources and the Environmental Defense Institute, an Idaho nonprofit focused on nuclear […]
On April 28, Gary Spackman, the director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, issued a blanket order for all 34 counties south of the Salmon River.
Gov. Brad Little approved an emergency drought declaration on Friday for 34 of Idaho’s 44 counties. He signed off on the emergency drought declaration issued on Thursday by Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Gary Spackman. Ten counties asked for the declaration. The emergency declaration allows temporary water rights changes for the rest of the ...