Jesse Stewart, deputy director of the Salt Lake City Public Utilities Department, stood in ankle-deep water while phoning in some of the earliest calls in what would be the first flood response of the runoff season in Utah’s capital.
, calls for voluntary evacuations of about 100 homes, and a volunteer effort to steer water back into the creek.
Crews temporarily stop water flow as they lay down material to reduce erosion across 1700 South in Salt Lake City amid ongoing efforts to safely channel runoff from Emigration Creek through Wasatch Hollow Park, Friday, April 14, 2023. “It’s kind of been a cooperative effort as far as leading the response and now leading the assessment of what’s going on,” he said. “Once we get things fully resolved, it’ll be the recovery from that.”
Jesse Stewart, deputy director of Salt Lake City Public Utilities Department, overlooks efforts to get Emigration Creek under control on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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