The flooding is no more but the long process to clean up the damage left behind continues. That includes work on a levee that officials said they almost lost which would have flooded West Quincy, Missouri.

“The Union drainage district had broke just across, just adjacent to us, which caused a tremendous amount of current coming down Durgens creek and this current began to eat away at our levee,” said Roger Sutter, President of Fabius River Drainage District.

Sutter said before the current swept it away, the left side of the levee looked like the right side. But that all changed on May 30th.

“We were losing upwards of two feet of levee every 30 minutes or so,” said Sutter.

So they acted fast, bringing in tons of rocks to reinforce the around 700 foot long section threatened.

“Basically what will happen at this point, there will be the corps of engineers, we already did a damage assessment of this and how much it’s going to cost, there will be a project that will go out to get it fixed,” said Sutter.

Local farmers in the drainage district said if the levee had broken it would’ve made an already tough growing season even worse.

“I even talked to my wife that night when all hope seemed lost and thoughts started going through my mind on what do I do for the rest of the year to make money to make payments on stuff and do things,” said farmer Tyler Haerr, he said he was there that night helping on the levee, and is thankful it held.

“I would’ve been out of a job for six and seven months, wouldn’t have had no spray-in, wouldn’t have had no harvest,” said Haerr.

Sutter said he hopes a meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers next week will help iron out the when repairs on the levee will begin, and says they should take into account all of the businesses and heavy traffic that need to be protected in the district.

“I dunno if they’ll look at this and say you’re good enough for now we’ll put you back on this list or if they’ll prioritize the importance of this levee,” said Sutter.

Sutter said that is the only section of the levee they’re concerned about and for the time being, it is considered stable. Right now there’s no time line on when the repairs will be made. If the water does begin to rise again, they have machinery and material in place to move quickly to reinforce the levee if needed.