Divers performing routine maintenance at the Converse Reservoir dam on Big Creek Lake on Wednesday found a grenade-type improvised explosive device (IED) submerged underwater, directly threatening the primary drinking water supply for the entire city of Mobile and surrounding areas.
The device was located during a scheduled underwater inspection of the dam.
The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) immediately alerted the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, which coordinated a multi-agency response involving the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team, the FBI Bomb Squad, Mobile Police Department Explosive Ordinance Detail, ALEA Bomb Squad, and Daphne Search and Rescue.
A grenade-type IED was found underwater at the Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, AL — federally designated critical infrastructure that supplies drinking water to hundreds of thousands.
Divers found it during routine maintenance pic.twitter.com/i1m9xeArHq
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The team safely retrieved the IED and detonated it off-site with no injuries or damage to the dam or water supply.
MAWSS Director Bud McCrory issued a statement emphasizing the seriousness of the incident to local station Fox 10.
full story at https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/underwater-bomb-found-dam-that-supplies-all-drinking/