ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The future of the remaining dam along the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County will be considered on Wednesday night.
Officials of Consumers Energy will be on hand at 6 PM in Allegan High School for a community meeting on the fate of the Calkins Dam. This is one of 13 such sessions the Jackson-based utility is holding statewide through October to go over the dams it has licensed for electrical generating power.
Those federal licenses begin to expire in 2034, and utilities are taking a harder look at whether to continue operating dams since the failure of Edenville Dam near Midland over two years ago, causing widespread flooding damage.
The Calkins Dam has been in place since 1936; removal of the Trowbridge Dam off of 26th Street in Allegan is set to be completed this year.
