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Corps of Engineers Adjusting Missouri River Reservoir Flood Storage

Corps of Engineers Adjusting Missouri River Reservoir Flood Storage

Gavins Point Dam Photo: WNAX


The Corps of Engineers continues to make adjustments in river flows and reservoir levels along the Missouri River to get ready for spring.
Releases from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton have been increased to thirty thousand cubic feet per second.
Mike Swenson with the Corps in Omaha says those releases will continue for the next few weeks….

Swenson says they still have some flood storage to draw down…

Swenson says they will come close to their targets…

Normal winter releases from Gavins Point Dam range between twelve to fifteen thousand cubic feet per second.

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