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The bladder dam (Aqua Dam) a water filled coffer dam system, sits along Bellevue Creek in Kelowna just in case the creek overflows.

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Sininger got a call last Wednesday evening from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations centre and the dam was set up the next morning, stretching 330 metres along the creek after 10 hours of installation.

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The barrier is part of an estimated eight kilometres of bladder dam made available by the province for the Central Okanagan.

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The risk of flooding in the Okanagan remains as