Adelaide Hills property owners downstream of a dam at risk of failing following torrential rain fear a potential cascade effect, with another dam directly in the firing line if the top one gives way.
abc.net.au/news/hope-forest-dam-failure-cascade-effect-risk/102524778Property owners downstream of a dam at risk of failing in the Adelaide Hills fear a potential cascade effect, with another dam directly in the firing line if the top one gives way.They say if it gives way, it could also cause major damage to one downstreamA watch-and-act message remains in place for the dam at Hope Forest, where urgent efforts are underway to reduce the water level following torrential rain in recent days.
"We have a breach of the dam wall around halfway on the upper dam which is then spilling over into the lower dam here on this property," he said. "All of a sudden I'm thinking there's going to be no water, and there's going to have to be contingency plans put in place in order to service water to the house," he said.Roads have been closed in the area as the SES monitors the situation.
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