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Published December 10, 2010, 10:45 AM

Corps on target to lower Missouri River reservoirs

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says it expects to complete its drawdown of the Missouri River reservoirs by the end of December.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says it expects to complete its drawdown of the Missouri River reservoirs by the end of December.

The agency had to boost its releases through the dams this fall because runoff this year was 54 percent above normal. The corps lowers the lake levels each fall in preparation for spring snowmelt and runoff the following year.

The corps says that once the reservoirs are at their desired levels, it will return to normal winter release rates.

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