Corps of Engineers increases Lake Darling outflows to 2,300 cfs

 ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, increased the outflow from the Lake Darling Dam, located northwest of Minot, N.D., to 2,300 cubic feet per second, or cfs, today, April 3.

The Corps plans to hold the releases from the dam at this level until the reservoir elevation drops to 1,593 feet. Barring any future precipitation, the level will be reached around April 12. After the reservoir level is lowered to 1,593 feet, the Corps will reduce the outflows to allow the snowpack moisture to run through the system.

The Corps will begin increasing the reservoir elevation to 1,597 feet, the full summer supply level, after the melt begins.

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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