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Gavins Point Dam Releases Reduced Due to Downstream Flooding

Gavins Point Dam Releases Reduced Due to Downstream Flooding

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Releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton will be reduced due to flood levels on downstream rivers. Tom Curran is the Project Manager at Gavins Point…

Flows will be cut back to forty six thousand cubic feet per second from fifty eight thousand feet over the next three days.

Curran says they will watch the stages downstream…

Curran says they are watching flood zone levels…

Releases from Ft Randall Dam will also be cut back to forty seven thousand cubic feet per second.

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