PIERRE, (KCCR) — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers placed the Oahe Dam in the internal risk classification level of Very High last week. While the increase and wording sound bad, Omaha District Commander Colonel Joe Sahl the change is about the future of the Dam…
Sahl says the upgrade is about funding priority for Oahe among the approximately 700 other dams under the Corps of Engineers control…
Sahl says some improvements have already been made…
The Corps has spend 73-million dollars over the last five years to operate and maintain Oahe or roughly 15-million dollars per year. Approximately 15-point-four million dollars has been appropriated for Oahe this fiscal year.
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