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IIIl111111111111111 Craig Daily Press Recent flooding causes ongoing problems, costs Continued from page 1. Damage and hazard assess- ment will also begin today. Splitt suggested that the banks of Fortification Creek be walked to spot areas where the water has taken its toll and made them unsafe. Signs will also be posted along the creek to wam pedestri- ans and bicyclists of [he banks' instability. Splitt and Moffat County Sheriff Jeff Corriveau cautioned everyone to keep a safe distance from the banks, even if they look safe. Corriveau said undercutting from the water and saturated soil could cause them to fall away. County residents who draw water from a private well may also want to be on the look out for standing water. Glenn Bodnar, a water quality engineer with the Colorado Depamment of Public Health and Environment, said wells can be contaminated if Flood water flows into the well's water supply. He recommended residents on wells check [he pFtys- ical appeazance of wells, if wells are submerged or surrounded by standing water, he said residents should boil drinking water. Other well users who are con- cerned, but don't notice signs of contaminaton, may take a water sample and have it tested for bac- teria. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment laboratories in Denver and Grand Junction can help answer more questions about testing. Bodnar said the health depa<utment has been monitoring water supplies in the Craig area and has found no contamination to date. City wafer supplies were unaffected by the flood. As the water level decreases, the dollar costs increase. Equipment and man hours will be totalled this week and next, to give officials an idea of how much the Flooding cost. Corriveau said [he numbers may help if future Flooding occurs and may make the city and county eli- gible for slate or federal aid. Whatever those numbers add up to, they could have been much higher if the community hadn't rallied around itself, Corriveau said. "My observation is we fared really well even though this thing kind of snuck up on us;' he said. "The public response was great. I don't think it could have been bet- ter. (The response) also reiterates thattraining pays off" The agencies involved with the emergency operations team, assembled Wednesday and dis- banded Tfiursday night, will host a critique of the emergency efforts at 7 p.m. April 6 at the Shadow Mountain Clubhouse. Corriveau and Splitt said all employees and volunteers, and the entire commu- nity are invited to share in the dis- cussion.