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A worker makes the final preparations on the Lake Mead Intake No. 2 forebay and tunnel under Saddle Island for flooding.

Flooding Halts Tunnel Excavations for Lake Mead Water Supply Intake

July 13, 2010 rockman Comments Off

Excavation for the $700M Lake Mead Intake No. 3 Project was put on hold after tunneling encountered a fault carrying groundwater that flooded the excavation and submerged equipment. The flooding occurred over about 4-days, so […]