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Owner using pumps to keep water at bay

A house owner on Lake Avenue is using four pumps to put water back into Mill Creek
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Owner Henryk Wanczyk surveys his flooded home on Lake Avenue. He uses multiple pumps to keep Mill Creek at bay. - Credit: Carli Berry/Capital News

As Mill Creek rises, water pours into Henryk Wanczyk香蕉视频直播檚 home.

The Manitoba resident purchased the property on Lake Avenue in Kelowna a year ago, and said although he didn香蕉视频直播檛 know the water level would reach this high, he bought flooding insurance.

He plans to build up the flooded parts of his house to higher ground to prevent flooding in the future, but for now, water runs through his crawl space.

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He has four pumps working to pump the water back into the creek.

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Despite the water running into his basement, he said it香蕉视频直播檚 only concrete that香蕉视频直播檚 being affected.

The house is built on the same level as the creek and flooding is common.





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