PAPILLION, Neb. KMTV) – Now that engineers believe they have identified the leak’s location, they will use electric currents to map the soil composition in the top 40 to 60 feet of the lakebed.
- Engineers drilled about 250 holes across Portal Lake’s dry lakebed and found coarse-grain sand near the surface causing the leak.
- The lake has been completely drained so engineers can use electric currents to map soil composition in the top 40 to 60 feet.
- Papio NRD hopes to have Portal Lake full of water by next spring.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Portal Lake in Papillion remains dry as engineers work to identify the source of a persistent leak and develop a plan to fix it.
Papio Missouri River Natural Resources District and Huston Engineering drilled holes across the lakebed to examine its surface layers and locate the problem area…