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Asking for More Flood Storage Space

Asking for More Flood Storage Space

Gavins Point Dam Photo: WNAX


South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, along with other regional Governors and Congressional representatives are asking the Corps of Engineers to raise the flow from Gavins Point Dam higher than the normal winter level to add more flood storage space in upstream reservoirs…

Noem says they need to stay in contact with the Corps..

Noem says there is rising concern about another round of flooding next spring…

Flows from Gavins Point Dam are currently at twenty-seven thousand cubic feet per second, about five thousand cubic feet above the projected winter rate.

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