Wanapum Dam: Possible Fracture Causes Ruled Out, Water Pressure On Spillway Face A Factor

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Central Washington’s Grant County Public Utility District announced Wednesday that the foundation below Wanapum Dam was not a factor in creating the fracture discovered Feb. 27 on the dam’s spillway pier monolith No. 4.

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