Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
(KAIR)--Releases from Gavins Point Dam, on the Nebraska/South Dakota border, have been decreased.
According to a news release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency began reducing Gavins Point releases to the winter release rate on November 30.
The releases will be stepped down at a rate of 3,000 cubic feet per second per day until they reach 27,000 cubic feet per second, where they are expected to remain through December.
Releases will be reduced to 25,000 cubic feet per second in January and remain near that rate for the remainder of the winter.
Gavins Point Dam winter releases normally range between 12,000 and 17,000 cubic feet per second.
Higher-than-average winter releases from the Missouri River Mainstem System projects, including Gavins Point, continue emptying water from the 2019 runoff season still in storage.
The reductions will allow the river to fall below flood stage in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri by the end of this month.
The reductions come after flooding ravaged much of the Missouri and Mississippi River basins earlier this year, reaching record levels in many places.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
© Many Signals Communications/Associated Press
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Hartman sentencing in the hands of judge
Four injured in Friday Jackson Co crash
Competency evaluation sought for man charged in murder of Seneca priest
New Sabetha city administrator hired
Traffic stop sends driver to DHS custody
Property damage in DUI leaves Iowa man charged
Update: Atchison boil water advisory lifted
Multiple crews battle Hoyt area fire
Shooting near Mayetta being investigated
Topeka man arrested after Jackson Co pursuit and manhunt
Woman arrested in Jackson Co on meth charge
Hearing set on proposed Nemaha Co Land Development Code
Grand Opening held for Underground Railroad exhibit in Falls City
KASB to assist USD 415 in search for new Superintendent
Probation for LV woman convicted in child death
Seneca City Council approves hiring of new police officer
Falls City Utilities planned power outage
Pay increase approved for Hiawatha city employees
LATEST STORIES
Lancaster cleared of boil advisory
Shooting near Mayetta being investigated
Enrollment down in Prairie Hills USD 113
Four injured in Friday Jackson Co crash
Seneca City Council approves hiring of new police officer
Falls City Utilities planned power outage
Multiple crews battle Hoyt area fire
Doniphan Co to seek grant again for ADA project
Hiawatha, Ks 66434