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The study recommended two new detention dams be built north of Spring Creek to mitigate downstream flooding in the watershed. (Vanessa Holt/Community Impact)

Spring Creek Dam study highlights flood relief potential, funding still needed

By Jessica Shorten

According to the full study, construction of the two dams would reduce overall downstream river levels from Walnut Creek all the way to the West Fork of the San Jacinto River.

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