PIERRE, (KCCR) — Even with some recent heavy rainfall amounts, it’s not enough to help add water to the Missouri River. Runoff into the river is again forecast to be below average. Nicole Sorensen with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers took part in the Corps monthly Missouri River update call…
Mike Swenson with the Corps says Lake Oahe should start falling back soon…
Doug Kluck with the National Drought Mitigation Center says the low runoff is likely to continue given the outlooks for summer…
Power production at the main stem dams this year is approximately two-million kilowatt hours less than normal due to the lower amounts of runoff.
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