YANKTON, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Gavins Point Dam releases will be reduced in late November as flow support to navigation ends. Releases are currently 32,000 cubic feet per second.
“We will continue to make releases from Gavins Point Dam to provide flow support at a level 500 cfs less than full service, through the end of the navigation flow support season,” said John Remus, chief of the USACE, Missouri River Water Management Division. “The flow support season will end on Dec. 1 at the mouth of the Missouri River.”
Release reductions to the winter rate of 12,000 cfs are scheduled to begin around Nov. 22. Releases will be gradually reduced by 3,000 cfs each day until reaching a rate of 15,000 cfs. The rate of reduction will then slow to 1,000 cfs every five days until reaching the winter release. Fort Randall releases will be stepped down in a similar manner, approximately one day prior to the Gavins Point reductions.
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