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Echunga escapes flooding as dam wall threatens to fail

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Echunga escaped flooding last week after a dam was feared to be on the brink of collapse.

Residents were evacuated and an emergency operation lasting nearly 48-hours was put into effect.

The owner of the privately-owned 10-megalitre dam to Echunga’s east reported their concerns of a failing wall at about 2.30pm on September 27 to the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board.

After attending the pro...


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