Water begins returning to Boiling Spring Lakes

Water begins returning to Boiling Spring Lakes

BOILING SPRING LAKES, NC  (WWAY) — Nearly eight years after Hurricane Florence damaged Boiling Spring Lakes’ dam system and emptied the city’s lakes, water is beginning to return to one of them. The city has received final approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Dam Safety Program to close the flow gate at the Upper Allen Creek Dam. The approval allows the city to begin impounding water behind the newly completed d…