by Brian Kozminski | Jan 21, 2025 | Environment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
As we become more aware of outdated dams and the cost of maintenance versus benefits, we begin to realize that some 80 to 120-year-old structures no longer produce the energy output they once did to outweigh environmental concerns. Many dams, along with highways, were...
by Brian Kozminski | Aug 16, 2024 | Environment, Uncategorized
On November 2, 2023, the dam operator submitted a report to FERC on the turbidity readings the operator’s contractor had observed while they were doing maintenance on the dam that included the following two statements: “6) Since Boyne began monitoring turbidity on...
by Brian Kozminski | Mar 25, 2019 | Environment, News & Updates
Friday evening March 15, 2019, after Thursdays daytime high of 57º, coupled with snowmelt and rain, a dam located behind Weiss Acres along 131 gave way and washed out. The site was an old grist mill from many decades ago. The dam had been on the radar of local MVWTU...