Provo River - Dam Repair

Those of us who love to fish the Provo River in Utah during the fall have noted higher than normal flows during recent visits in October and November. Curious about the cause of the high water I noted an article in the Provo Daily Herald today, part of which is included below (http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=68207):

"This fall, it seems considerably more water has been rushing beneath the technicolor trees along the Provo River than in recent years. But it's not because the drought is over, as Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. recently declared. Rather it has to do with repairing a leak in the Deer Creek Dam, says Daryl Devey, 49, an engineer with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and one of three men who together determine how much water flows in the river. The high flows are the result of lowering the level of the Deer Creek Reservoir to repair a small leak discovered during highway construction across the face of the dam. "All dams leak," Devey said. This one is no cause for concern, he said. But officials want to catch the seep and pipe it out of the dam. To do that they have to dig into the face of the dam, and they didn't want to do that with the reservoir full, he said. Once repairs are completed, the reservoir will fill and river levels will drop again."

The article gave no indication of how long the repairs will take.