RIVERDALE?The Davis and Weber Counties Canal Co. has settled a lawsuit by Riverdale homeowners who were flooded by the canal’s breach three years ago for $7.5 million.

Individual checks to 61 homeowners ranged from $10,000 to $400,000, depending on the damage incurred, said plaintiffs’ attorney Dick Burbidge of Salt Lake City.

In 1999, a break in the canal loosed tons of water and mud on the neighborhood below, damaging 75 homes.

The suit alleged gross negligence against the canal company in allowing the canal to deteriorate. The canal’s last upgrade was between 1912 and 1918.