March 12, 2019
Missouri River reservoirs are prepared to capture what's expected to be above-average runoff in 2019.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday said forecast runoff for the year is 28.4 million acre-feet, 112 percent of average. Storage in the six reservoirs currently is at 56.1 MAF, leaving the entire 16.3 MAF flood control zone available for flood water storage.
"The forecast increased about 10 percent from last month due to the continued accumulation of mountain and plains snowpack in the upper basin," John Remus, chief of the corps' Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, said in a news release.
