Show Leak in Dike Drains Gusher Storage Reservoir Over acre feet of the total acre feet of storage water in the Bullock Draw Reservoir was drained out Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day afternoon when a dike structure washed out THE BREAK in dike D at the main spillway started leaking Tuesday at al about 1 pm p.m. and by 6 pm p.m. water crested crested crest crest- ed cd at over one foot deep over o Highway US U.S. 40 at the intersection of the Lapoint Highway several miles south of the reservoir reservoir re re- re structure The additional dike structure was just constructed this spring adding to the dam clam structure completed last year The structure is north of Gusher and was built b by the Ouray Park Irrigation Com Corn Company pany piny THE FLOODING water found its way WilY into the Uinta River after flooding several several sev sev- eral farms entering a home and washing wash sash ing across ucross Highway 40 A pipe pill leak is thought to have started start ed td the dike like wash washout The leak starts as us a small stream and gradually builds in size until it can lake tako the whole earth structure a local engineer explained HEAVY EQUIPMENT is being bring moved to ho the washed out site to repair the dam age It is expected the reservoir will still fill s with ith the remainder of the high highwater highwater water to yet et come down from the higher elevations t |