After noticing the water level of Silver Lake had dropped, a cabin owner discovered the dam valve had been vandalized.
On Tuesday, the small community announced that a manual valve that helps control the level of nearby Silver Lake was intentionally damaged sometime last month.
Located around 15 kilometres above Peachland, the lake is the source water for Silver Creek, which leads to Trepanier Creek and, eventually, Okanagan Lake.Last Friday, a cabin owner in the area noticed that the lake level seemed lower and he investigated the dam.According to the District of Peachland, the cabin owner found damage to the locking chain and valve wheel, which resulted in the lake level dropping 18 inches.
“However, due to the natural underwater topography of the lake, it would not have emptied out entirely.“ The district says a natural, underwater berm at the channel entrance would have eventually stopped the flow of water, though the level would have dropped another 24 inches or so.“At that point, the water within the main basin of the lake would have remained and the valve at the outlet would no longer be passing any water,” the district said.The dam is located on the southeast side of Silver Lake.
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