ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues to draw down Lake Darling’s pool elevation to 1,592 feet, now targeted to be met the week of April 22.
Inflow is currently estimated at 2,000 cubic feet per second and falling. Releases from the dam will remain at 2,800 cfs until the pool reaches an elevation of 1,592 feet or when local snow melt starts. Local melt is expected to start next week.
The elevation at 6 a.m. was 1,593 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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Release no. 13-043