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Engineers have designed aqueducts that will enable the Sheyenne and Maple rivers to cross the diversion channel. They're heated so they won't freeze in winter.
Features built into the 30-mile diversion channel will accept floodwaters from three western tributaries that cause overland flooding north and west of West Fargo extending to Harwood, North Dakota.
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Public retention ponds and the diversion waterways serve an important purpose that makes them unsuitable for play, and pose multiple safety hazards that can cause serious injuries or even death.