Under the Fox River’s murky current, there’s a landform called a “saddle” that could replace Elgin’s Kimball Street dam but engineers need to determine what it’s made of and if it could function as an underwater dam.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials briefed residents at a meeting in Elgin last week on a draft study in which it was recommended that nine dams in the Fox River, including the one in Elgin, be removed for the health of the river and its inhabitants.
It’s one of the alternatives the city is exploring in the wake of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommendation that the Elgin dam and nine others in the Fox River be removed to help restore the river’s natural flow and habitat.While city officials support the reasons behind the proposal, dam removal would lower the river level to less than 702 feet, making it impossible for Elgin to access the 20 million gallons it needs daily to meet the city’s water demand.
Located in the area of Lovell and Lincoln streets, the 706-foot depth there would be sufficient for the city’s water intake system to work, Water Director Nora Bertram said. Reinforcing the site for use as an underwater dam could cost between $2 million and $6 million, said Wade Moore, a senior hydraulic engineer for Stantec Consulting Services Inc., which has been hired to do a comprehensive review of Elgin’s waterworks system and create a river master plan.
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