After nine months, 14 days and just under $4 million later, the UPA flume system was back to normal operations. Unfortunately, almost 20 years later, we are still using the same extremely flammable material that we were using prior to the Darby Fire devastation. Due to U.S. Forest Service regulations in place to preserve the history of the flume system, UPA (now UWPA- Utica Water and Power Authority) is unable to rebuild the flume system with anything but, the original material, wood. We are currently taking steps to communicate these concerns to the U.S. Forest Service, in hopes that we can reach a mutual end goal that will be beneficial to UWPA, the U.S. Forest Service, and the communities we both serve.