Lake Darling pool is being drawn down to 1,592 ft.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is drawing down Lake Darling’s pool elevation to 1,592 feet.

Current releases from Lake Darling Dam of 2,800 cubic feet per second will be maintained to bring the pool down to this elevation by the end of next week.

The previous drawdown target elevation for Lake Darling was 1,593 feet. Drawing the pool down an extra foot will allow for approximately 9,000 acre-feet of additional storage.  With the current temperature forecast, there is not enough time before melt occurs to bring the pool down further without increasing discharge. 

The elevation at 6 a.m. was at 1,593.2 feet.

For the most recent forecast, which includes the Corps’ latest increase, please visit the National Weather Service website at: http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=bis

The nearly 700 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the Corps’ Fiscal Year 2011 $175 million budget, nearly 2,800 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $271 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

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