Article: WORK BEGINS ON LAKE DELTON SHOULD BE FILLED BY SPRING, OFFICIALS SAY.(NEWS)

Byline: The Capital Times

Work began Monday on a $1.8 million cofferdam at the County A breach of Lake Delton, the first step in state and local plans to fix the large breach which resulted in the draining of the popular lake during heavy June rainfall.

The cofferdam will allow for water to be pumped out of the area where the dam has created a new link between Lake Delton and the Wisconsin River, which is just across County A. Early June rains put so much water into the lake that it created a new channel of water from the lake to the river -- a channel that is about 700 feet long, 370 feet wide and about 30 feet deep, state Department of Transportation ...

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