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Fisherman finds leak in Eagle County lake |
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Friday, October 28, 2011 08:58 |
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By SCOTT N. MILLER, VAIL DAILY
AVON — Nottingham Lake usually holds a pretty consistent amount of water. When the lake started dropping in September, the cause was almost surely a leak. But how do you find a leak in a 15-acre lake?
Town engineer Jeff Schneider started looking for the leak, occasionally dropping some milk in the water to see if it would start to swirl. People from Beaver Divers came to the lake to see if they saw anything. Nothing.
Avon resident Harry Chu found the hole recently when he was fishing near the pier at the lake.
In an e-mail, Chu wrote that he saw a leaf going in circles “like a slow draining.” Chu reached down, and could feel the lip of a hole about two inches in diameter and about 18 inches deep.
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