Press-Republican
SARANAC LAKE — The Village of Saranac Lake will be installing six-inch flash boards on the Lake Flower Dam on Sept. 22 to increase electrical and water production at the site.
To complete the installation, the Department of Public Works will close the section of road from the traffic light on Main Street to the intersection of Lake Street and Kiwassa Avenue from 7 a.m. until the project is completed.
The work is expected to take about four hours.
The flash boards will help conserve the water, which is overflowing the dam, as it often does during the summer months.
To complete the required work, the Department of Public Works will need to reduce the level of Lake Flower to about two inches below the spillway.
As of Friday, the water level was about two inches above the spillway.
This drawdown will cause water levels to reduce significantly above the dam. Areas to be affected are Lake Flower, Oseetah Lake, Kiwassa Lake and all interconnecting bodies of water in that area.
To assure that water levels return to normal as quickly as possible, the village has asked the Department of Environmental Conservation to reserve as much water as possible at the Lower Locks, which would be released upon completion of the work.
Village officials and department managers thank area residents and recreational users for their patience as they work on the project, according to a news release from the village.
