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Dam, it's dry
Water levels drop dramatically
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Seth Wright photo Aaren Shearer pulls a fish out of an unusually low Barren Fork River at Pepper Branch Park Wednesday afternoon. The dry conditions are no immediate threat to the health of the dam according to Water and Wastewater Director Ricky Morton.
Low levels of rainfall and warm weather have combined to reduce water levels, leaving the McMinnville Water Supply Dam dry for the first time in recent memory.