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- The grenade-type improvised explosive device uncovered at Converse Reservoir dam was safely detonated.
- Divers found the device while performing routine maintenance on the dam.
- Mobile Area Water and Sewer System officials, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, FBI bomb squad, Daphne Search and Rescue Team, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security carried out the detonation.
- Director Bud McCrory said protecting the community’s drinking water remains the agency’s top priority.
