Low inflows at Garrison Dam in North Dakota ending boating season early
9/29/2021 11:49:54 PM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
McLean County, ND
Mercer County, ND
Start Date: 9/15/2021
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Runoff has been below normal at the Garrison Dam, due to drought. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requests that all owners of boats, watercraft or docks to remove their property from the Missouri River as the releases decrease from 21,000 cubic feet per second to 13,500 cfs by mid-September. Shallow waters meant danger from hitting barely submerged objects.
Devils Lake was also low.
KX News (Bismarck, N.D.), Sept 2, 2021
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