The US Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division hosted a update with Basin Stakeholders to present a status of conditions in the Missouri River Basin. Information included levee repair status in the Omaha and Kansas City Districts as well a Reservoir Storage and Runofff and Release forecasts for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoirs in the upper basin and the Kansas and Osage River Basin Reservoirs in the lower basin. The National Weather Service provided a hydrologic outlook as well as a 3-month climate outlook.
The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District held a ground breaking ceremony for levee modifications of the right bank 613 and right bank 616 levee systems. In attendance were Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District Commanding Officer Col. John Hudson, Congressman Don Bacon and various local officials.
OMAHA, Neb. - The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District broke ground on levee improvements for the R-613 and R-616 levee systems at Haworth Park, in Belleville, Oct. 15.
In attendance were Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District Commanding Officer Col. John Hudson, and various congressional representatives and local officials.
John Winkler, general manager of the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District outlined why these levee improvements are particularly significant.
“It’s important obviously because of what occurred in March of this year and earlier flooding events. We wanted to protect Offutt Air Force Base and Omaha’s wastewater treatment plant,” Winkler said....
10.15.2019 | OMAHA , NE, US |
Story by Zane Ecklund
OMAHA, Neb. - The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District broke ground on levee improvements for the R-613 and R-616 levee systems at Haworth Park, in Belleville, Oct. 15.
Record rains in the Upper Missouri Basin during the first two weeks of September, has prompted changes to releases from the Missouri River Mainstem dams.
An ad-hoc conference call was held Monday, Sept. 16, to provide an update to basin stakeholders. About 100 callers representing elected officials, emergency managers, levee sponsors and the media participated in the call.
OMAHA, NE – All 2018 stored flood waters were evacuated from the Missouri River mainstem reservoir system (System) as of Jan. 29. The full 16.3 million acre-feet (MAF) of designated flood control storage is available to manage 2019 runoff. “The System stands ready to capture spring runoff, reducing flood risk while providing support to other authorized project purposes. Current Gavins Point releases are 20,000 cubic feet per second (cfs)...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) began reducing Gavins Point releases to the winter release rate on December 2. The releases will be stepped down at a rate of 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) per day until they reach 20,000 cfs on December 11. Releases are expected to remain at or near 20,000 cfs for the remainder of the winter. Gavins Point Dam winter releases normally range between 12,000 and 17,000 cfs.
