Annual Flooding Puts Some Research on Hold At SAFL

From mndaily:

The water in the basement rose daily, and graduate student Antoinette Abeyta continued her research — until the water reached just below the top of her rubber boots.

Abeyta and her fellow St. Anthony Falls Laboratory researchers reluctantly evacuated the basement last week for the annual spring flooding that brings in 2 to 3 feet of Mississippi River water. In a facility built on top of St. Anthony Falls to conduct hydraulic research, the flooding is pretty common. River water flows through a channel under the basement’s concrete floor and surfaces through large holes.

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