▁of ▁the ▁lake , ▁before ▁turning ▁south ▁and ▁then ▁res uming ▁its ▁generally ▁east ward ▁flow . ▁ ▁The ▁ ▁cool ing ▁p ond ▁is ▁contained ▁in ▁an ▁ear then ▁wall , ▁and ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁supply ▁cool ing ▁water ▁to ▁the ▁power ▁plants . ▁H urr icane ▁Matthew ▁dropped ▁ ▁of ▁rain ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁which ▁caused ▁the ▁Ne use ▁River ▁to ▁flo od . ▁On ▁ 1 2 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Duke ▁Energy ▁announced ▁that ▁a ▁break ▁ ▁wide ▁had ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁sout heast ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁cool ing ▁p ond ▁wall . ▁The ▁break ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁have ▁little ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁flo oded ▁river . ▁ ▁Qu aker ▁Ne ck ▁Dam ▁ ▁The ▁low - head ▁Qu aker ▁Ne ck ▁Dam ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁at ▁Ne use ▁River ▁kilometer ▁ 2 2 5 ▁to ▁imp ound ▁cool ing ▁water ▁for ▁the ▁steam ▁electric ▁plant . ▁A ▁fish ▁lad der ▁was ▁included . ▁The ▁Dam ▁was ▁ ▁high ▁and ▁ ▁long . ▁The ▁dam ▁rose ▁only ▁about ▁ ▁above ▁the ▁water ▁during ▁average ▁flow ▁conditions , ▁and ▁was ▁completely ▁sub mer ged ▁in ▁high ▁flow ▁periods . ▁Some ▁studies ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁dam ▁had ▁little ▁impact ▁on ▁fish , ▁which ▁had ▁no ▁difficulty ▁in ▁using ▁the ▁lad der ▁or ▁in ▁crossing ▁the ▁dam ▁in ▁high ▁water ▁periods . ▁ ▁Most ▁studies ▁found ▁that ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁fish ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁pass ▁the ▁dam