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HANKSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- An October flood that wiped out a century-old diversion dam has left farmers with no water for crops and threatens to end their way of life.
Director of the U-S Farm Service agency in Wayne County Paul Pace says without water, there's no agriculture.
Normal annual rainfall in Hanksville is about five inches.
Heavy rains and flood water on Oct. 6 destroyed the dam and 27-hundred feet of canal. Water wiped out fences, 929 acres of alfalfa and culinary and sewer water lines.
Damages are estimated at more than 8-(M)million dollars and there's no aid money in sight.
Utah Department of Agriculture spokesman Larry Lewis says that's because the damage isn't county wide, so farmers aren't eligible for federal relief.
Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune,
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