The City of Salem has filed a lawsuit over a plan by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to drain Detroit Lake this fall.
The city says the plan would jeopardize their drinking water supply.
Marion County also filed a similar lawsuit against the Army Corps in May. Several cities including Stayton, Sublimity, Mill City and others joined Marion County in calling for a stop to the lake draining.
Both lawsuits seek to protect the community’s drinking water by asking a federal court to pause the plan until the Army Corps completes a federally required turbidity study.
