Engineers: Dam didn't increase flooding Friday, July 20, 2007 By ANDREA ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

WAYNE -- River flow gauges show the Pompton Lake Dam did not make flooding worse downstream during the April nor'easter, according to a report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

But a group of more than 80 residents and public officials from towns in the Passaic River Basin told corps staff in emphatic terms Thursday night that they were not convinced. In the process, they vented overall frustration with the repeated flooding that has victimized communities on the eastern rim of the steep Highlands.

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