One minute we had water at the house. Then none. We went to the dam and found the plug on the drain pipe out.
The entire flow of the creek (after a day with 4 inches of rain) was coming out the pipe and we couldn't reinsert the plug.
Back to the house. Make a plug for the upstream end of the pipe. Back to the dam. Put in the plug.
The reservoir filled in a minute.
B.C., Edna Bay
The creek just upstream from the dam
B.C., Edna Bay
Creek flow coming out the drain pipe
The plug is the yellow and black thing
sitting on the steel pipe
B.C., Edna Bay
Makeshift plug for the upstream end of the drain pipe
Water pressure will hold it in place
B.C., Edna Bay
Now the creek is flowing over the top of the dam
with just a trickle coming out the drain pipe