Corps Officials Say Even With Normal Runoff Missouri River Will Be Low In 2022

Corps Officials Say Even With Normal Runoff Missouri River Will Be Low In 2022

FORT PIERRE — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is wrapping up its fall public meeting tour along the Missouri River basin. The last meeting was Thursday night in St. Louis, Missouri. John Remus is Chief of the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division for the Corps. He says 2021 was one of the driest since record-keeping on such stats began….

Remus says given the current outlooks, conditions will continue…

Remus says water users in 2022 should be aware that conditions will not be like previous wet years…

Lake Oahe is currently 10 feet below the base of the Flood Control zone. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department will reopen two boat ramps on the Missouri River after Halloween at West Whitlock Rec Area and Walth Bay, south of Mobridge.