Ontario Power Generation has issued a water safety bulletin advising the Brock community stay away from the dams on Twelve Mile Creek.<\/p>\n
Water levels change without warning on the creek, which is a short distance from Brock\u2019s campus. They change depending on the outflow of the Decew Generation Stations located upstream.<\/p>\n
There are four small overflow dams along the creek that control water flow and minimize erosion, the bulletin says. The low-head overflow dams have water flowing constantly over them. The dams look harmless because they\u2019re small, especially when viewed from the upstream side.<\/p>\n
But they\u2019re not. The water flowing through the damns recirculates in a rolling motion that causes objects to be trapped against the downstream side of the dam. A person caught in that re-circulating current would likely drown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese dams are not safe to wade or walk out onto or to go over in anything like a boat, canoe or floating tube or raft,\u201d the advisory says. \u201cSigns have been installed on the banks of the creek to identify the location of these dams and their hazards.<\/p>\n
\u201cObey all warning signs, fences, buoys, booms and barriers. They are put there to protect you, so stay clear and stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n