1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,770 thank you for joining the US Army Corps 2 00:00:02,770 --> 00:00:04,826 of Engineers , Northwestern Division 3 00:00:04,826 --> 00:00:06,937 Person I , Missouri River Basin Water 4 00:00:06,937 --> 00:00:09,159 Management Virtual Public Meeting . I'm 5 00:00:09,159 --> 00:00:11,640 Eileen Eileen Williamson and I will be 6 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,320 moderating today's call . This webinar 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,542 is being recorded and will be placed on 8 00:00:16,542 --> 00:00:18,209 the Defense Video and Imagery 9 00:00:18,209 --> 00:00:21,730 Distribution System website at www dot 10 00:00:21,730 --> 00:00:25,210 d v i . D s a cube dot any 11 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:28,840 t flat unit flat U S 12 00:00:28,850 --> 00:00:32,080 a p e d S N W t . Your 13 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,302 participation acknowledges your consent 14 00:00:34,302 --> 00:00:36,730 to be recorded today . We will discuss 15 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:38,684 current conditions and a projected 16 00:00:38,684 --> 00:00:40,740 operation of the main stem reservoir 17 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:42,684 system as part of the draft annual 18 00:00:42,684 --> 00:00:44,851 operating plan , which was released in 19 00:00:44,851 --> 00:00:46,962 mid September . For public comments . 20 00:00:47,540 --> 00:00:49,484 The agenda includes a message from 21 00:00:49,484 --> 00:00:51,262 Northwestern Division Commander 22 00:00:51,262 --> 00:00:53,510 Brigadier General Pete Helm Layer in 23 00:00:53,510 --> 00:00:55,460 order election from Mr John Rina's 24 00:00:55,470 --> 00:00:57,359 She's in the Missouri River Water 25 00:00:57,359 --> 00:00:59,800 Management Division . Mr . Doug Club 26 00:00:59,810 --> 00:01:01,940 with No one Mr Kevin Loud is in 27 00:01:01,940 --> 00:01:04,107 Missouri River Basin . Forecast Center 28 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,607 Mr President Brody with Missouri River 29 00:01:06,607 --> 00:01:09,380 Water Management Division , Mr Mike 30 00:01:09,390 --> 00:01:11,112 Swenson , Missouri River Water 31 00:01:11,112 --> 00:01:13,057 Management Division , during their 32 00:01:13,057 --> 00:01:15,279 presentations that will use the Webinar 33 00:01:15,279 --> 00:01:17,279 Cats function to share links on our 34 00:01:17,279 --> 00:01:19,446 website relevant to the presentation I 35 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:21,723 encourage you to submit your questions , 36 00:01:21,723 --> 00:01:23,890 which we will answer at the end of the 37 00:01:23,890 --> 00:01:25,890 call it using the chat function . I 38 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:27,890 also ask that you from refrain from 39 00:01:27,890 --> 00:01:29,723 using the chat function toe hold 40 00:01:29,723 --> 00:01:31,970 discussion questions should be focused 41 00:01:31,970 --> 00:01:34,026 on the very river , water Management 42 00:01:34,026 --> 00:01:36,248 and river operations . Questions not on 43 00:01:36,248 --> 00:01:38,470 this topic will be directed off line to 44 00:01:38,470 --> 00:01:40,414 the appropriate point of contact . 45 00:01:40,414 --> 00:01:42,637 Following their presentations will move 46 00:01:42,637 --> 00:01:44,803 into the question and answer session . 47 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,729 Questions will be answered in the 48 00:01:46,729 --> 00:01:48,562 following order . First question 49 00:01:48,562 --> 00:01:50,784 submitted priority today by the N . W T 50 00:01:50,784 --> 00:01:53,310 website Second questions submitted in 51 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:55,640 the webinar chat function . And finally 52 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,751 we will call questions from the phone 53 00:01:57,751 --> 00:02:00,090 lines . All lines has been placed on 54 00:02:00,090 --> 00:02:02,240 you . Please be aware that the course 55 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,184 mute function does not work on all 56 00:02:04,184 --> 00:02:06,351 phones . So if I ask , please use your 57 00:02:06,351 --> 00:02:08,790 phone's own youth function to avoid 58 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,150 interrupting the call . Do not place a 59 00:02:11,150 --> 00:02:15,090 call on hold with that . I will 60 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:17,044 turn it over to you . General Home 61 00:02:17,044 --> 00:02:20,870 Linger . Hey , Great . Thank you , 62 00:02:20,870 --> 00:02:23,130 Eileen . Good evening , everyone . I'm 63 00:02:23,130 --> 00:02:25,074 Brigadier General Pete Hellinger , 64 00:02:25,074 --> 00:02:27,130 commander of the course Northwestern 65 00:02:27,130 --> 00:02:29,186 Division . And I wanna thank you for 66 00:02:29,186 --> 00:02:31,519 taking the time to join us for our fall . 67 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:34,180 Virtual public meeting . Participation 68 00:02:34,180 --> 00:02:36,402 in public meetings by all with the best 69 00:02:36,402 --> 00:02:38,236 of interests , including elected 70 00:02:38,236 --> 00:02:40,458 officials , tribal leaders , industry , 71 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:42,670 media and the general public , ensures 72 00:02:42,670 --> 00:02:44,892 a common understanding of our goals and 73 00:02:44,892 --> 00:02:47,003 requirements when making decisions on 74 00:02:47,003 --> 00:02:49,720 Missouri River operations . As we said 75 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,480 last spring when Kobe 19 1st emerged , 76 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:54,636 we would much rather be meeting with 77 00:02:54,636 --> 00:02:57,400 you in person . However , given the 78 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,622 ongoing pandemic and guidance toe limit 79 00:02:59,622 --> 00:03:01,870 in person gatherings , these virtual 80 00:03:01,870 --> 00:03:03,759 meetings are the next best way to 81 00:03:03,759 --> 00:03:05,703 maintain our commitment to provide 82 00:03:05,703 --> 00:03:07,759 everyone in the Missouri River Basin 83 00:03:07,759 --> 00:03:09,926 the information you need to know about 84 00:03:09,926 --> 00:03:12,037 the status of the Missouri River main 85 00:03:12,037 --> 00:03:13,981 stem reservoir system and possible 86 00:03:13,981 --> 00:03:16,259 operations or wire release adjustments . 87 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:18,820 More importantly , however , these 88 00:03:18,820 --> 00:03:21,280 meetings are our opportunity to hear 89 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,790 from you . We value your input and 90 00:03:23,790 --> 00:03:25,957 encourage you to submit your questions 91 00:03:25,957 --> 00:03:28,012 to our water management staff during 92 00:03:28,012 --> 00:03:30,068 this meeting or through the Missouri 93 00:03:30,068 --> 00:03:32,234 River Basin Water Management website . 94 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,930 2020 has been an unusual years . We 95 00:03:35,930 --> 00:03:38,660 transition from evacuating excessive 96 00:03:38,670 --> 00:03:40,781 blood water to managing the system to 97 00:03:40,781 --> 00:03:42,860 meet downstream blow targets . The 98 00:03:42,870 --> 00:03:46,400 flooding in 2018 in 2019 damaged both 99 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,011 flood control and navigation 100 00:03:48,011 --> 00:03:49,930 infrastructure , and the core is 101 00:03:49,940 --> 00:03:51,773 working to repair this damage as 102 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:55,280 quickly as possible . Before I turn the 103 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,224 meeting over to the Missouri River 104 00:03:57,224 --> 00:03:59,336 Basin water Management staff , I want 105 00:03:59,336 --> 00:04:01,280 to encourage each of you to remain 106 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,690 engaged , continue to watch the weather 107 00:04:03,690 --> 00:04:05,910 and water management forecast and ask 108 00:04:05,910 --> 00:04:08,132 questions of my staff whenever you feel 109 00:04:08,132 --> 00:04:10,354 the need . Eso thank you all once again 110 00:04:10,354 --> 00:04:12,354 for joining us tonight . And I look 111 00:04:12,354 --> 00:04:16,140 forward to meeting . Thank you . Thank 112 00:04:16,140 --> 00:04:18,270 you , sir . I'll turn meeting over to 113 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:22,000 John Ray . Thank you , Arlene . And 114 00:04:22,010 --> 00:04:24,350 good evening . Uh , Eileen said I'm 115 00:04:24,350 --> 00:04:26,294 John Ramos , chief of the Missouri 116 00:04:26,294 --> 00:04:28,517 River Basin Water Management division . 117 00:04:28,540 --> 00:04:30,260 Our office is responsible for 118 00:04:30,260 --> 00:04:32,204 regulating the Missouri remains in 119 00:04:32,204 --> 00:04:34,960 reservoir system . I will provide some 120 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,090 general remarks before the technical 121 00:04:37,090 --> 00:04:39,920 discussion , the general helping your 122 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,031 state that this is an opportunity for 123 00:04:42,031 --> 00:04:44,087 us to provide information to you and 124 00:04:44,087 --> 00:04:46,087 for you to provide comments and ask 125 00:04:46,087 --> 00:04:48,710 questions of us . While the primary 126 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:51,740 focus of the meeting is excuse me , 127 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:53,861 meeting is management of the Missouri 128 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:55,740 remains reservoir system . We 129 00:04:55,740 --> 00:04:57,796 understand that there may be related 130 00:04:57,796 --> 00:05:00,073 topics that you may want to comment on , 131 00:05:00,073 --> 00:05:02,018 but that is a case . Please do not 132 00:05:02,018 --> 00:05:04,940 hesitate to provide those comments . If 133 00:05:04,940 --> 00:05:06,718 you are reading from a prepared 134 00:05:06,718 --> 00:05:08,884 statement , please email that document 135 00:05:08,884 --> 00:05:12,020 to either Kevin Grody by Swinson or Me , 136 00:05:12,030 --> 00:05:14,030 or you can email it to the Missouri 137 00:05:14,030 --> 00:05:17,090 River Management . I'm a student of 138 00:05:17,090 --> 00:05:19,350 Missouri Water Management in Box . 139 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,351 Those email addresses are provided at 140 00:05:22,351 --> 00:05:24,890 the end of the presentation . Also , we 141 00:05:24,890 --> 00:05:26,946 have a limited amount of time , so I 142 00:05:26,946 --> 00:05:29,001 ask that you keep your questions and 143 00:05:29,001 --> 00:05:31,168 comments as brief as possible to allow 144 00:05:31,168 --> 00:05:34,480 time for everyone to comments . For 145 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,313 those for those of you that have 146 00:05:36,313 --> 00:05:38,313 attended our public meetings in the 147 00:05:38,313 --> 00:05:40,313 past , you will notice that we have 148 00:05:40,313 --> 00:05:42,313 abbreviated the presentation . This 149 00:05:42,313 --> 00:05:44,424 will allow more questions , more time 150 00:05:44,424 --> 00:05:46,570 for questions and answers . Also a 151 00:05:46,570 --> 00:05:48,792 general . How , Muneer pointed out , we 152 00:05:48,792 --> 00:05:50,959 have shifted our management focus from 153 00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:52,959 evacuation of floodwater to meeting 154 00:05:52,959 --> 00:05:55,070 downstream flow targets . However , I 155 00:05:55,070 --> 00:05:57,292 want to assure everyone in the basement 156 00:05:57,292 --> 00:05:59,459 at the core remains fully committed to 157 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,403 our flood risk reduction mission , 158 00:06:01,403 --> 00:06:03,403 protecting stakeholders when we can 159 00:06:03,403 --> 00:06:05,626 from significant hydrologic events that 160 00:06:05,626 --> 00:06:07,514 pose a threat to human health and 161 00:06:07,514 --> 00:06:09,380 safety . We're also committed to 162 00:06:09,380 --> 00:06:11,491 supporting the authorized purposes as 163 00:06:11,491 --> 00:06:13,269 outlined in the master manual . 164 00:06:15,340 --> 00:06:17,507 Reservoir system is in good shape from 165 00:06:17,507 --> 00:06:19,618 both a blood control at low support . 166 00:06:19,618 --> 00:06:21,840 Point of view . We're currently meeting 167 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,673 all full service navigation flow 168 00:06:23,673 --> 00:06:25,830 targets that will continue to do so 169 00:06:25,830 --> 00:06:27,719 through the end of the navigation 170 00:06:27,719 --> 00:06:29,830 season . Kevin Grody and Mike Swinson 171 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:31,886 will provide more details . In a few 172 00:06:31,886 --> 00:06:35,220 minutes , we will continue to meet our 173 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:37,276 statutory obligations to operate the 174 00:06:37,276 --> 00:06:39,387 Missouri River . Made Semberas of our 175 00:06:39,387 --> 00:06:41,442 system for its authorized purposes . 176 00:06:41,442 --> 00:06:43,442 Yeah , as they are described in the 177 00:06:43,442 --> 00:06:45,664 water Control Manual , we will continue 178 00:06:45,664 --> 00:06:47,887 to comply with all laws , including the 179 00:06:47,887 --> 00:06:50,053 Endangered Species Act . I will comply 180 00:06:50,053 --> 00:06:51,998 with the 2000 and eight biological 181 00:06:51,998 --> 00:06:54,670 opinion . This concludes my remarks . 182 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,140 Thank you very much . I look forward to 183 00:06:57,140 --> 00:06:59,620 your questions and comments at all . 184 00:06:59,630 --> 00:07:01,950 Now , now I will return . I will turn 185 00:07:01,950 --> 00:07:04,060 the discussion over to Mr Doug Clock 186 00:07:04,540 --> 00:07:05,540 from Villa . 187 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:11,510 Thanks , John . Hopefully you can hear . 188 00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:14,590 May . Yeah . 189 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,430 All right . So my name is 190 00:07:18,430 --> 00:07:20,860 Doug Clark . I'm from work for no other 191 00:07:20,860 --> 00:07:22,693 National Oceanic and Atmospheric 192 00:07:22,693 --> 00:07:24,804 Administration . National centers for 193 00:07:24,804 --> 00:07:27,230 environmental information . Um , I'm 194 00:07:27,230 --> 00:07:30,350 gonna talk a little bit about a little 195 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:32,406 bit about what's happened and then a 196 00:07:32,406 --> 00:07:34,572 little bit about what's gonna happen . 197 00:07:34,572 --> 00:07:36,739 Well , theoretically , what's going to 198 00:07:36,739 --> 00:07:38,683 be happening across the basin this 199 00:07:38,683 --> 00:07:40,850 winter and , uh , maybe early spring . 200 00:07:40,850 --> 00:07:43,260 So why don't we get right Thio And also 201 00:07:43,270 --> 00:07:45,437 thanks thanks to the core for inviting 202 00:07:45,437 --> 00:07:47,700 us to this . And thanks for all of you 203 00:07:47,710 --> 00:07:49,766 for listening . So next next slide , 204 00:07:49,766 --> 00:07:53,510 please . So here are three 205 00:07:53,510 --> 00:07:57,200 maps of soil moisture and we're going 206 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,256 to start in upper left hand corner . 207 00:07:59,340 --> 00:08:01,062 Yeah . So , um , which is very 208 00:08:01,062 --> 00:08:03,550 important to , uh , to the basin in 209 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:05,590 terms of memory in the system . You 210 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:08,650 remember in March of this year , we 211 00:08:08,650 --> 00:08:10,890 were sitting very wet and you can see 212 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:13,400 by the green coloring of the upper left 213 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,810 corner , uh , national map there , uh , 214 00:08:16,820 --> 00:08:18,931 that wherever it's green , it's above 215 00:08:18,931 --> 00:08:21,153 normal in terms of soil moisture . Uh , 216 00:08:21,153 --> 00:08:23,320 the anomaly , if you will , where it's 217 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,376 white , it's near normal . And where 218 00:08:25,376 --> 00:08:27,940 it's sort of yellowish or red . Uh , 219 00:08:27,950 --> 00:08:30,006 then we're drier than normal . So in 220 00:08:30,006 --> 00:08:32,061 March , we were kind of worried . We 221 00:08:32,061 --> 00:08:33,617 had quite a bit of rain and 222 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,696 precipitation last year and actually 223 00:08:35,696 --> 00:08:38,260 the year before that . 2018 2019 both . 224 00:08:38,940 --> 00:08:41,870 But since about march , we've we've 225 00:08:41,870 --> 00:08:44,037 gone through quite a change in quite a 226 00:08:44,037 --> 00:08:46,530 drying out process where you can look 227 00:08:46,530 --> 00:08:48,530 at the next map over to the right . 228 00:08:48,540 --> 00:08:51,230 This is the month of October , sort of 229 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:53,820 averaged . But the real key here is 230 00:08:53,820 --> 00:08:56,042 that we've gone from green to yellow to 231 00:08:56,042 --> 00:08:58,209 orange . Uh , Thio almost read in some 232 00:08:58,209 --> 00:09:00,510 cases in terms of soil moisture . And 233 00:09:00,510 --> 00:09:03,140 that's very important in terms of this 234 00:09:03,140 --> 00:09:06,020 base and in terms and in terms of both 235 00:09:06,020 --> 00:09:08,500 drought conditions and flood conditions . 236 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,778 It's something we monitor all the time . 237 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,407 So you could see most of the basin was 238 00:09:13,407 --> 00:09:15,629 green Now shifted a Z . You'll see from 239 00:09:15,629 --> 00:09:17,960 a couple other maps that my colleague 240 00:09:17,970 --> 00:09:20,026 in Noah , Kevin Lau , will show . In 241 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:22,303 terms of drought , drought is expanded , 242 00:09:22,303 --> 00:09:24,359 but definitely how so ? Moisture has 243 00:09:24,359 --> 00:09:27,400 decreased . And then the finally , uh , 244 00:09:27,410 --> 00:09:29,632 map , it really isn't much different is 245 00:09:29,632 --> 00:09:32,680 November 1st map on the left of soil 246 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:35,420 moisture really showing deficits ? Uh , 247 00:09:35,430 --> 00:09:37,652 in terms of normal in terms of normal , 248 00:09:37,652 --> 00:09:41,000 um , across debates . And , uh , for 249 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,056 the most part , let's go to the next 250 00:09:43,056 --> 00:09:42,850 line . 251 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,240 So we're under or were experiencing 252 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:56,110 or we are in the process of having what 253 00:09:56,110 --> 00:09:59,340 we call a la Nina fall , winter and 254 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:02,820 probably least spring . What that means 255 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:05,780 is some something quite the opposite of 256 00:10:05,790 --> 00:10:08,370 El Nino uh , you hear about El Nino All 257 00:10:08,370 --> 00:10:10,592 the time and all the destructions stuff 258 00:10:10,592 --> 00:10:12,990 and really around the world . But La 259 00:10:12,990 --> 00:10:15,860 Nina is , uh , it's sort of El Ninos . 260 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:18,082 Little sister is So it's the opposite , 261 00:10:18,090 --> 00:10:20,890 uh , effect across our nation for the 262 00:10:20,890 --> 00:10:23,223 most part across North America . Really ? 263 00:10:23,223 --> 00:10:25,279 It's a really different type of flow 264 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,520 slow flow pattern , which is typical . 265 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,631 So this is a typical wintertime , and 266 00:10:30,631 --> 00:10:33,820 I'd say from now through really from 267 00:10:33,820 --> 00:10:36,180 December , really through March . This 268 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:38,450 kind of flow pattern is pretty common 269 00:10:38,460 --> 00:10:40,404 during a LA Nina doesn't mean it's 270 00:10:40,404 --> 00:10:42,571 gonna happen . Doesn't mean it's going 271 00:10:42,571 --> 00:10:44,682 to stay that way the whole time . But 272 00:10:44,682 --> 00:10:47,570 this is sort of , you know , a cartoon . 273 00:10:47,570 --> 00:10:50,580 If you're well off the way lining is 274 00:10:50,590 --> 00:10:53,420 typically show up . So as you can see 275 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:56,480 there for for the Missouri Basin , um , 276 00:10:56,490 --> 00:10:58,657 quarters the normal conditions for the 277 00:10:58,657 --> 00:11:02,640 upper basin and , uh , our arm or 278 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,480 common than not and sometimes weather 279 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,591 conditions , although it doesn't show 280 00:11:08,591 --> 00:11:10,702 it very well . But weather conditions 281 00:11:10,702 --> 00:11:12,924 slip into Montana and sometimes further 282 00:11:12,924 --> 00:11:14,980 east is well and then to the south , 283 00:11:14,980 --> 00:11:17,202 across the southern part of the U . S . 284 00:11:17,202 --> 00:11:20,160 It's all dry and usually warmer for the 285 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,382 most part basically from Colorado , all 286 00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:24,549 the way from coast to coast , with the 287 00:11:24,549 --> 00:11:27,040 exception of sort of this Ohio River 288 00:11:27,050 --> 00:11:29,730 basin . But anyway , let's let's , uh , 289 00:11:29,740 --> 00:11:31,684 pay more attention to the Missouri 290 00:11:31,684 --> 00:11:34,240 Basin . Let's go to the next slide . Um , 291 00:11:34,250 --> 00:11:36,417 this is just the outlook for the month 292 00:11:36,417 --> 00:11:40,220 of November and only November . So what 293 00:11:40,220 --> 00:11:41,942 we see here on the left or the 294 00:11:41,942 --> 00:11:43,776 temperature outlooks in terms of 295 00:11:43,776 --> 00:11:46,790 probability , Um , this shows , uh , 296 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,022 for the upper basin , something we call 297 00:11:49,022 --> 00:11:51,356 E . C , which is equal chances of above , 298 00:11:51,356 --> 00:11:53,578 below or near normal . In other words , 299 00:11:53,578 --> 00:11:55,578 the predictability up there of what 300 00:11:55,578 --> 00:11:57,189 it's going to be in terms of 301 00:11:57,189 --> 00:11:59,880 temperature for the month is , uh is 302 00:11:59,890 --> 00:12:02,057 indeterminate at this point . It could 303 00:12:02,057 --> 00:12:04,168 be is an equal chance of any of those 304 00:12:04,168 --> 00:12:06,279 things happening . But as you kind of 305 00:12:06,279 --> 00:12:09,170 slipped further south , um , South and 306 00:12:09,170 --> 00:12:12,350 East Anyway , uh , there's a tendency 307 00:12:12,350 --> 00:12:14,461 for those numbers those probabilities 308 00:12:14,461 --> 00:12:16,550 to increase , meaning that there's a 309 00:12:16,550 --> 00:12:18,840 better chance of warmer temperatures 310 00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:21,160 across the southern part of the base in 311 00:12:21,170 --> 00:12:23,392 mid in southern part of the basin . For 312 00:12:23,392 --> 00:12:25,059 the most part , we're looking 313 00:12:25,059 --> 00:12:27,059 precipitation on the right . We see 314 00:12:27,059 --> 00:12:29,226 kind of a similar pattern . But former 315 00:12:29,226 --> 00:12:31,337 precipitation point of view this time 316 00:12:31,337 --> 00:12:32,900 we see above normal , uh , 317 00:12:32,910 --> 00:12:35,700 probabilities in terms of not very 318 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:37,589 strong , but they're above normal 319 00:12:37,589 --> 00:12:41,530 anyway , uh , for a , uh , greater 320 00:12:41,530 --> 00:12:43,980 than normal precipitation across mostly 321 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:47,080 Montana , Uh , for this month and then 322 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,670 that e c kind of in between , which 323 00:12:49,670 --> 00:12:52,040 means again equal chances for above , 324 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,373 below or near normal . And then finally , 325 00:12:54,373 --> 00:12:56,207 we slip into this sort of , uh , 326 00:12:56,207 --> 00:12:58,980 lighter tan shading as we go to the 327 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:01,820 South , which indicates which indicates 328 00:13:01,820 --> 00:13:04,650 better chances for below normal 329 00:13:04,940 --> 00:13:07,610 precipitation in those areas and you 330 00:13:07,610 --> 00:13:09,721 get stronger is the further south you 331 00:13:09,721 --> 00:13:11,943 go , Which makes sense . If you look at 332 00:13:11,943 --> 00:13:14,166 the La Nina pattern , generally , let's 333 00:13:14,166 --> 00:13:17,780 go to the next slide . So we're 334 00:13:17,780 --> 00:13:19,447 starting to see a little more 335 00:13:19,447 --> 00:13:21,720 enhancement of that pattern that I just 336 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,810 talked about again . Um , the three 337 00:13:24,810 --> 00:13:26,970 month outlook from November through 338 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:29,600 January and again , we're averaging 339 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,656 those three months out here . So you 340 00:13:31,656 --> 00:13:33,870 got to remember January . Could be I'm 341 00:13:33,870 --> 00:13:35,981 sorry . November could be quite a bit 342 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,870 different terms of hot or cold or 343 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:40,240 letter dry than January . But when we 344 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,407 average them all out , this is what we 345 00:13:42,407 --> 00:13:46,070 expect to see . So again , that sort of 346 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,247 E . C . In terms of temperature on the 347 00:13:48,247 --> 00:13:52,100 left , uh , meaning equal chances for 348 00:13:52,110 --> 00:13:54,520 above , below or near normal doesn't 349 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,520 mean it's going to be any . Doesn't 350 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,798 mean it's gonna be a remarkably colder , 351 00:13:58,798 --> 00:14:01,020 remarkably warm , just equal chances of 352 00:14:01,020 --> 00:14:03,242 all of that or near normal . But as you 353 00:14:03,242 --> 00:14:06,120 move south again , the tendency is for 354 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,231 warmer than normal conditions , too . 355 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,240 To be prevalent for precipitation , we 356 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,640 see that expanded , uh , enhancement of 357 00:14:14,650 --> 00:14:17,080 precipitation going from basically the 358 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,560 West Coast to Minnesota . The northern 359 00:14:20,630 --> 00:14:24,360 tier of , uh , States have a 360 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,304 higher probability of having above 361 00:14:26,304 --> 00:14:28,471 normal precipitation and some of those 362 00:14:28,471 --> 00:14:30,471 places . That doesn't mean ah lot , 363 00:14:30,471 --> 00:14:32,249 even if we do have above normal 364 00:14:32,249 --> 00:14:34,471 precipitation in North Dakota , this is 365 00:14:34,471 --> 00:14:36,471 one of the driest times a year , so 366 00:14:36,471 --> 00:14:38,416 keep that in mind as well . On the 367 00:14:38,416 --> 00:14:40,582 other hand , it could mean quite a bit 368 00:14:40,582 --> 00:14:42,860 of precipitation . All we're saying is , 369 00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:45,082 we're leaning towards and just slightly 370 00:14:45,082 --> 00:14:46,693 leaning towards above normal 371 00:14:46,693 --> 00:14:48,916 precipitation in that area again to the 372 00:14:48,916 --> 00:14:51,130 south , though you see that , uh , 373 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:54,420 drier than normal . Probably those 374 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:56,730 drier than normal probabilities edging 375 00:14:56,730 --> 00:14:59,450 up into Nebraska and such again , not 376 00:14:59,450 --> 00:15:02,010 too strong . And can Nebraska or Kansas 377 00:15:02,010 --> 00:15:04,340 or even Missouri for that matter . But 378 00:15:04,340 --> 00:15:06,830 it is there in Colorado , Same thing , 379 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,110 Um , next slide . And then when we 380 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:12,720 jumped to February , March and April 381 00:15:12,730 --> 00:15:14,970 again averaging out those three months 382 00:15:14,970 --> 00:15:17,192 in terms of temperature on the left and 383 00:15:17,192 --> 00:15:19,303 precipitation on the right , we see a 384 00:15:19,303 --> 00:15:22,300 definite enhancement of chances for 385 00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:24,578 below normal temperatures to the north . 386 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,330 Excuse me . On dso you see the blue 387 00:15:28,330 --> 00:15:31,040 coloring up there showing that , uh , 388 00:15:31,050 --> 00:15:34,250 we think that , yeah , we're gonna lean 389 00:15:34,250 --> 00:15:36,583 towards cooler than normal temperatures . 390 00:15:36,583 --> 00:15:38,750 Some people might think that's great , 391 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:41,240 so some people may not . But if you go 392 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,430 south again , that tendency is to 393 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,060 increase probabilities of above normal 394 00:15:46,070 --> 00:15:49,760 um , temperature , Uh , from that 395 00:15:49,770 --> 00:15:52,630 February through April period , looking 396 00:15:52,630 --> 00:15:55,440 at the map on the right , we see the 397 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,820 green color , uh , sort of coming in a 398 00:15:57,820 --> 00:15:59,931 little stronger there again from West 399 00:15:59,931 --> 00:16:02,098 Coast all the way to the Great Lakes . 400 00:16:02,098 --> 00:16:04,042 For that matter and down into Ohio 401 00:16:04,042 --> 00:16:05,876 Valley , this would be a typical 402 00:16:05,876 --> 00:16:07,931 pattern we would see during February 403 00:16:07,931 --> 00:16:10,030 through April , uh , in terms of 404 00:16:10,030 --> 00:16:12,130 precipitation in hand enhanced 405 00:16:12,130 --> 00:16:15,180 precipitation across that area . And 406 00:16:15,190 --> 00:16:17,960 again , what's what's a little also 407 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,904 kind of interesting is that , uh , 408 00:16:19,904 --> 00:16:22,970 enhanced area of less than normal 409 00:16:22,970 --> 00:16:25,137 precipitation , sort of poking its way 410 00:16:25,137 --> 00:16:28,760 up through the Central Plains into 411 00:16:28,770 --> 00:16:31,190 well into Nebraska and certainly into 412 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:34,860 Kansas . In Colorado , where that e c 413 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:37,460 line is . Or I call that T C line or 414 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:40,030 that easy gap equal chance that that 415 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,320 that can shift south and north 416 00:16:42,330 --> 00:16:44,441 throughout the winter . We'll have to 417 00:16:44,441 --> 00:16:46,663 see where it ends up . This is our best 418 00:16:46,663 --> 00:16:48,608 guess at this time on where that's 419 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:50,274 going to show up next slide . 420 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,660 So , overall , the key points are the 421 00:16:55,660 --> 00:16:57,882 current conditions are relatively dry . 422 00:16:57,882 --> 00:17:00,104 Certainly much , much drier than a year 423 00:17:00,104 --> 00:17:02,580 ago . At this time , Um , we're in a 424 00:17:02,580 --> 00:17:05,200 law Nina situation . The last La Nina 425 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,089 And we had a question , um , um , 426 00:17:07,089 --> 00:17:09,311 earlier today about this . But the last 427 00:17:09,311 --> 00:17:11,422 La Nina , in case you're interested , 428 00:17:11,422 --> 00:17:14,700 was in 2017 into 2018 that December 429 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,830 through January period . Um , the 430 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,330 outlook is for temperatures leaning 431 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:22,490 cool to the north and basically warm 432 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,970 leaning to the south , uh , southern 433 00:17:24,970 --> 00:17:27,270 part of the basin . Sorry , 434 00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:30,673 precipitation . Leans went to the north , 435 00:17:30,673 --> 00:17:33,320 especially to the north and west , and 436 00:17:33,330 --> 00:17:36,700 dry our South Tendency form or central 437 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,922 the southern plains dryness in the late 438 00:17:38,922 --> 00:17:40,644 winter into spring . With this 439 00:17:40,644 --> 00:17:42,867 situation with this La Nina situation . 440 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,496 And I guess the other thing I'll say 441 00:17:45,496 --> 00:17:47,662 about Latinas is they tend to be quite 442 00:17:47,662 --> 00:17:49,773 variable on . It can have some pretty 443 00:17:49,773 --> 00:17:52,770 big swings between cold and warm and 444 00:17:52,770 --> 00:17:56,610 cold and warm and wet and dry . So , as 445 00:17:56,610 --> 00:17:58,443 usual , as we say in the weather 446 00:17:58,443 --> 00:18:00,499 business , stay tuned because things 447 00:18:00,499 --> 00:18:02,666 will change over the next few months . 448 00:18:02,666 --> 00:18:04,930 Last slide Next slide . If you're 449 00:18:04,930 --> 00:18:06,986 interested in tuning in to sort of a 450 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:09,097 monthly if you're not already part of 451 00:18:09,097 --> 00:18:10,930 this and you want to listen to a 452 00:18:10,930 --> 00:18:13,930 monthly uh uh , discussion off what's 453 00:18:13,930 --> 00:18:16,263 going on in the climate world . La Nina , 454 00:18:16,263 --> 00:18:18,319 El Nino and all that kind of stuff . 455 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:20,541 And what the outlooks are we do do this 456 00:18:20,541 --> 00:18:23,120 once a month . The next one is November 457 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:25,370 19th . You can sign up there , or you 458 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:27,537 can write to me and say , Hey , put me 459 00:18:27,537 --> 00:18:29,890 on the list . And , um , either way , 460 00:18:29,890 --> 00:18:32,057 we'll figure it out and get you signed 461 00:18:32,057 --> 00:18:34,279 up . And anyway , thank you very much . 462 00:18:37,340 --> 00:18:39,396 Thanks back . I will turn it over to 463 00:18:39,396 --> 00:18:43,360 you . Kevin Lau . Yeah . 464 00:18:43,940 --> 00:18:46,273 Good evening . Can you hear me , Eileen ? 465 00:18:46,340 --> 00:18:49,360 But we got Thank you . Alrighty . 466 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,360 Hi , everyone . My name is Kevin Lau . 467 00:18:52,740 --> 00:18:55,020 I'm with the National Weather Service 468 00:18:55,030 --> 00:18:57,330 Missouri Basin River Forecast center 469 00:18:57,330 --> 00:19:00,890 outside of Kansas City . Like Doug , on 470 00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:03,168 behalf of the National Weather Service , 471 00:19:03,168 --> 00:19:04,890 I'd like to thank the corps of 472 00:19:04,890 --> 00:19:06,890 Engineers , uh , for inviting us to 473 00:19:06,890 --> 00:19:08,779 participate in this , uh , public 474 00:19:08,779 --> 00:19:11,060 meeting . Next slide , please . 475 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,751 So tonight I will briefly cover three 476 00:19:15,751 --> 00:19:18,550 points . First , the current river 477 00:19:18,550 --> 00:19:20,910 conditions . Secondly , what the 478 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:23,021 National Weather Service expects over 479 00:19:23,021 --> 00:19:25,021 the next 90 days with regard to the 480 00:19:25,021 --> 00:19:27,021 rivers and then what ? The National 481 00:19:27,021 --> 00:19:29,188 Weather Service thinks what happened , 482 00:19:29,188 --> 00:19:31,077 uh , going into the spring runoff 483 00:19:31,077 --> 00:19:34,230 season . Next slide , please . So , 484 00:19:34,230 --> 00:19:36,286 first , the current conditions . The 485 00:19:36,286 --> 00:19:39,710 Missouri River basin has been devoid 486 00:19:40,140 --> 00:19:44,090 of flooding since 30 September , when 487 00:19:44,090 --> 00:19:46,830 the James River at Stretford , South 488 00:19:46,830 --> 00:19:49,650 Dakota , fell below flood stage . We 489 00:19:49,650 --> 00:19:52,450 did have some within bank rises across 490 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:55,300 central and southern Missouri , the 491 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:58,320 state of Missouri , last week due to a 492 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,430 frontal boundary that ran up against 493 00:20:00,430 --> 00:20:03,520 the remnants of Zeta . And there was 494 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,298 some flooding just south of the 495 00:20:05,298 --> 00:20:07,631 Missouri Basin in the state of Missouri , 496 00:20:07,631 --> 00:20:10,350 down in the boot hill area . But 497 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,530 overall , the system last week just 498 00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:16,060 clipped our basin . But last week's 499 00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:18,840 event does serve as a good reminder 500 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,070 that flooding can occur in the southern 501 00:20:22,070 --> 00:20:25,240 portion of the Missouri basin any time 502 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,740 of the year . River response , both 503 00:20:28,740 --> 00:20:30,760 current and future , depends upon 504 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,310 current snowpack , soil moisture and 505 00:20:34,610 --> 00:20:38,230 current stream flow . We've lost what 506 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,970 planes snowpack had accumulated during 507 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:43,520 the month of October Mountain snowpack 508 00:20:43,530 --> 00:20:46,560 has begun to build and build nicely . 509 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,610 In fact , a Z Doug has already spoke 510 00:20:49,610 --> 00:20:51,666 about . The majority of the Missouri 511 00:20:51,666 --> 00:20:55,070 Basin has dry to very dry soils , as 512 00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:56,959 illustrated by the latest drought 513 00:20:56,959 --> 00:20:59,237 monitor in the lower right hand figure . 514 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,462 The stream flow image on the lower left 515 00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:05,230 is a snapshot of the stream full 516 00:21:05,230 --> 00:21:08,460 conditions across the nation just prior 517 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:11,360 to the freeze up Andi . That's where we 518 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,430 lose the northern gauges due to either 519 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,480 they take the instrumentation out 520 00:21:16,490 --> 00:21:20,270 because to preserve the instruments or 521 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,200 or just the rivers ice up or the or the 522 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,070 gauges don't don't indicate the proper 523 00:21:27,070 --> 00:21:29,470 stages . And so what we see there is 524 00:21:29,470 --> 00:21:32,130 that strength flows generally were 525 00:21:32,130 --> 00:21:34,870 below normal in the West and near 526 00:21:34,870 --> 00:21:37,200 normal in the eastern part of the 527 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,700 Missouri basis , next slightly so . The 528 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:43,310 National Weather Service issues 90 day 529 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,920 river outlooks once per month , and 530 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,780 we'll do those more frequently come 531 00:21:48,790 --> 00:21:50,890 February and March . But , uh , the 532 00:21:50,890 --> 00:21:53,720 image that you see there on the slide 533 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,060 represents our latest outlook . And it 534 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:59,820 covers the period November through 535 00:21:59,830 --> 00:22:03,030 January , November through January , 536 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:05,550 and the only area of the Missouri basin 537 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,400 that has a 50% or greater chance of 538 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,511 seeing flooding during the next three 539 00:22:11,511 --> 00:22:14,220 months eyes in central and southern 540 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,990 Missouri . And this is typical next 541 00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:20,420 slide , please . So as we look out 542 00:22:20,430 --> 00:22:23,540 toward the active month of March 543 00:22:23,550 --> 00:22:27,400 through July of 2021 um , here are some 544 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,850 of the factors that we consider again . 545 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,500 We're going into the fall with soil 546 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,180 moisture drier than normal for the 547 00:22:36,180 --> 00:22:38,730 majority of the basin . We're going 548 00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:42,290 into fall with stream flows going in a 549 00:22:42,290 --> 00:22:46,040 downward trend , and , uh , the the 550 00:22:46,050 --> 00:22:48,750 court will talk in detail . The system 551 00:22:48,750 --> 00:22:50,750 storage appears to be in good shape 552 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:53,470 right now . So well , Doug mentioned 553 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:56,460 our climate indicator for this season 554 00:22:56,470 --> 00:22:59,710 is La Nina and and La Nina would tend 555 00:22:59,710 --> 00:23:02,340 to favor a colder winter in the 556 00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:05,040 northern tier of states and would favor 557 00:23:05,090 --> 00:23:08,830 and above normal snowpack , like in the 558 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,600 Montana , Wyoming , maybe the western 559 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,100 Dakotas , And so for flooding or Shosei 560 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:17,970 for flood mitigation going into winter 561 00:23:17,970 --> 00:23:21,040 with dry soils does help to prevent a 562 00:23:21,050 --> 00:23:24,160 deeply frozen ground condition . Frozen 563 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,330 ground doesn't allow snowmelt or 564 00:23:27,330 --> 00:23:30,180 rainfall to penetrate the soil column . 565 00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:32,650 And so if the Royals , the soils air 566 00:23:32,650 --> 00:23:35,230 dry , uh , the soil temperature can 567 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,590 freeze . But there's not the moisture 568 00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:40,300 in place from the fall to cause the 569 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:43,770 soil to act like concrete . So overall , 570 00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:45,714 I would say that's a That's a good 571 00:23:45,714 --> 00:23:48,230 thing for us . Um , ice cover and 572 00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:50,540 freeze up of the streams will occur 573 00:23:50,550 --> 00:23:52,720 with sustained cold temperatures , and 574 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,980 La Nina does call for a colder than 575 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:57,700 normal winter . However , if the freeze 576 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,750 up happens when rivers air low like 577 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:02,920 they are now the potential for ice jam 578 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,190 break up flooding is reduced come 579 00:24:05,190 --> 00:24:08,560 spring . If the typical anemia 580 00:24:08,570 --> 00:24:10,870 unfolds , then we could see colder 581 00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:13,350 temperatures , which might lead to 582 00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:16,270 delay in mountain snow melt come spring , 583 00:24:16,270 --> 00:24:18,326 and that would not be a good thing , 584 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,710 however , a Z . We all know the primary 585 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:24,740 factor affecting spring flood potential 586 00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:27,550 is the mountain and plains snowpack , 587 00:24:27,940 --> 00:24:30,300 and that is yet to be experienced , so 588 00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:33,160 we won't have a really good idea of 589 00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:35,490 spring flood potential in the basin 590 00:24:35,550 --> 00:24:39,550 until later . This winter . Next slide , 591 00:24:39,550 --> 00:24:42,470 please . And so , uh , the National 592 00:24:42,470 --> 00:24:44,770 Weather Service issued its winter 593 00:24:44,770 --> 00:24:48,330 outlook on 15 October . You can go to 594 00:24:48,330 --> 00:24:50,860 that website and read the full document . 595 00:24:50,860 --> 00:24:53,950 You can also see or view a YouTube 596 00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:57,180 video that explains the document 597 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,951 the National Weather Service Preserve 598 00:24:59,951 --> 00:25:02,173 Basin , which is is my office . We will 599 00:25:02,173 --> 00:25:05,700 release spring flood outlooks in late 600 00:25:05,710 --> 00:25:08,780 February and early March of 2021 . And 601 00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:10,850 you can go to that link that you see 602 00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:13,280 toward the middle of the page to see , 603 00:25:13,290 --> 00:25:16,590 um , our outlooks come next spring . 604 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,690 And also you can go to your local 605 00:25:18,690 --> 00:25:20,857 weather forecast office . You could go 606 00:25:20,857 --> 00:25:23,290 to their website and they will have 607 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:25,500 spring foot outlooks that are enhanced 608 00:25:25,510 --> 00:25:28,480 with local information . And again , 609 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,090 those will be released in late February 610 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:33,450 and early March . And with that , that 611 00:25:33,450 --> 00:25:35,670 concludes my National Weather Service 612 00:25:35,670 --> 00:25:37,960 flood potential comments . Thank you . 613 00:25:40,340 --> 00:25:42,562 Thanks , Kevin . I will hand it over to 614 00:25:42,562 --> 00:25:46,420 Kevin Brody . Thank you , Eileen . So I 615 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:48,760 am now on slide 19 . 616 00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:53,107 So it's noted on the slide . The cores 617 00:25:53,107 --> 00:25:55,360 main priority in regulating the 618 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,650 mainstream reservoirs is life and 619 00:25:57,650 --> 00:26:01,080 safety . Our operational decisions for 620 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,530 the system are driven by runoff , and 621 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:06,586 we make those decisions based on the 622 00:26:06,586 --> 00:26:10,070 rule curves in the master manual , we 623 00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:12,580 regulate the system to serve the listed 624 00:26:12,590 --> 00:26:14,534 eight congressional Lee authorized 625 00:26:14,534 --> 00:26:18,270 purposes . Some of you may wonder why 626 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,860 flood control , navigation and water 627 00:26:20,860 --> 00:26:23,350 supply are noted above the other five 628 00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:25,810 purposes . Hydropower , fish and 629 00:26:25,810 --> 00:26:28,500 wildlife , irrigation , recreation and 630 00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:32,180 water quality control . When we make 631 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:34,770 operational decisions for flood control , 632 00:26:34,780 --> 00:26:37,740 navigation and water supply , we're 633 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:39,840 also serving the other authorized 634 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,510 purposes . And finally , in 635 00:26:43,510 --> 00:26:45,680 making those operational decisions , 636 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:48,700 the core will always comply with all 637 00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:52,500 applicable federal laws . So 638 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,970 now I'm on Flight 20 state . 639 00:26:57,140 --> 00:27:00,020 The system is comprised of six separate 640 00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:02,850 dams and reservoirs in Montana , North 641 00:27:02,850 --> 00:27:05,770 Dakota and South Dakota . However , 642 00:27:05,780 --> 00:27:07,947 some of our decisions are based on how 643 00:27:07,947 --> 00:27:11,090 much water is in all six projects we 644 00:27:11,090 --> 00:27:13,760 serve referred to as a system storage . 645 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,990 So this slide shows the four zones and 646 00:27:17,990 --> 00:27:19,990 these four zones also exists at the 647 00:27:19,990 --> 00:27:23,200 individual projects . The permanent 648 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,360 pool is the lowest zone , and it's a 649 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,527 minimum amount of water needed to meet 650 00:27:28,527 --> 00:27:30,804 authorized purposes such as hydropower . 651 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:34,356 To carry over multiple uses . Own is 652 00:27:34,356 --> 00:27:37,470 the largest zone . It was designed this 653 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,591 large to provide water for authorized 654 00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:42,320 purposes during long extended drought , 655 00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:44,860 in fact , that the design for the size 656 00:27:44,860 --> 00:27:47,560 of this zone was based on the 1930 to 657 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:51,560 1941 12 year Depression era drought . 658 00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:56,210 I'm gonna skip to the top zone the 659 00:27:56,210 --> 00:28:00,210 exclusive blood control zone . As the 660 00:28:00,210 --> 00:28:03,030 name implies . If we're in this zone , 661 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,207 are operational decisions will be made 662 00:28:05,207 --> 00:28:07,680 exclusively for flood control purposes . 663 00:28:09,540 --> 00:28:11,651 The annual flood control and multiple 664 00:28:11,651 --> 00:28:14,420 use zone is a zone that we hope to be 665 00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:16,860 in 365 days of the year . 666 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,130 Ideally , we start to run off season , 667 00:28:20,130 --> 00:28:23,050 which is about or on March 1st at the 668 00:28:23,050 --> 00:28:26,350 base of the zone , which is 56.1 669 00:28:26,350 --> 00:28:30,150 million acre feet . As the planes 670 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,360 snow melt in the rain falls in March 671 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:34,471 and April , the storage will increase 672 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:37,284 as the mountain snow melt and rain 673 00:28:37,284 --> 00:28:40,540 falls and May , June and July , the 674 00:28:40,540 --> 00:28:42,762 storage level will increase further and 675 00:28:42,762 --> 00:28:45,910 peak in early July . During the late 676 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,760 summer , fall and winter a drier months , 677 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,690 we will evacuate this water to continue 678 00:28:52,690 --> 00:28:55,200 to serve authorized purposes and start 679 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,367 the next run off season at the base of 680 00:28:57,367 --> 00:29:00,950 the zone . As noted , our current story 681 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,610 is 57.3 million acre feet , which is 682 00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:07,410 1.2 million acre feet above the base of 683 00:29:07,410 --> 00:29:10,970 the zone . So now let's move the slide . 684 00:29:10,980 --> 00:29:14,340 21 . Our 685 00:29:14,350 --> 00:29:17,360 forecast for the 2020 Upper Basin 686 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,750 runoff , which is the basin above Sioux 687 00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:23,070 City , Iowa , is 30.2 million acre feet . 688 00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:27,100 This was the October 1 forecast . We 689 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,530 just updated , updated that today and 690 00:29:29,530 --> 00:29:31,650 the number is the same 30.2 million 691 00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:34,430 acre feet , which is about four million 692 00:29:34,430 --> 00:29:36,652 acre feet above the long term average . 693 00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:39,962 The upper basin run up comes from three 694 00:29:39,962 --> 00:29:42,410 components plane , snowmelt , mountain 695 00:29:42,410 --> 00:29:45,550 snowmelt and rainfall . During the 696 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,661 month of March in April , we normally 697 00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:51,040 see about 25% of the annual runoff from 698 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,570 playing snowmelt and rainfall runoff 699 00:29:54,740 --> 00:29:57,540 during the month of May , June and July , 700 00:29:57,540 --> 00:30:00,340 we normally see about 50% of the annual 701 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:03,080 runoff , her mountain snowmelt and 702 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,960 rainfall runoff . So we see about 703 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:08,960 75% of the annual runoff during that 704 00:30:08,970 --> 00:30:11,210 five month period from March through 705 00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:15,120 July . During the other seven months of 706 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,287 the year , we see the remaining 25% of 707 00:30:17,287 --> 00:30:20,530 the runoff . As for our forecast for 708 00:30:20,530 --> 00:30:24,120 the 2021 runoff and as Kevin Lau 709 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,340 mentioned the mountain and plains 710 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:28,960 snowpack has just begun to accumulate . 711 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,600 We will develop our 2021 runoff 712 00:30:32,610 --> 00:30:34,670 forecast in early January . 713 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,570 So now I'm on July 22 . Hey , 714 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,170 this slide shows the annual Upper Basin 715 00:30:43,170 --> 00:30:47,010 runoff since 1918 98 . I 716 00:30:47,010 --> 00:30:49,066 like to note the variability and run 717 00:30:49,066 --> 00:30:52,760 off over the last 123 years . During 718 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,538 that period , we have seen four 719 00:30:54,538 --> 00:30:56,840 droughts , which are noted in the tan 720 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,040 colored bars we've also seen . Some 721 00:31:00,050 --> 00:31:02,680 have seen very high runoff years 722 00:31:03,140 --> 00:31:06,470 2018 in 2019 , being the most current 723 00:31:08,540 --> 00:31:11,180 you know . Also , C five dash mines . 724 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,696 Now Mike is going to talk more about 725 00:31:13,696 --> 00:31:15,696 these during his presentation . But 726 00:31:15,696 --> 00:31:18,860 briefly the U . D stands for upper deck 727 00:31:18,860 --> 00:31:21,560 style , which means that 10% of the 728 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,616 runoff years are above this line and 729 00:31:23,616 --> 00:31:27,350 90% are below the U . Q 730 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,370 stands for upper quartile , or 25% 731 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,520 median . It's 50% lower court file in 732 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,740 lower death style , or 75% and 90% 733 00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:41,250 respectively . The 2020 runoff is 734 00:31:41,260 --> 00:31:44,140 highlighted in red , and it's about an 735 00:31:44,150 --> 00:31:48,110 upper court trial run on . So my last 736 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,920 five , Number 23 we will begin 737 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,920 reducing Gavin's point releases toe 738 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,280 winter levels around November 20 . 2nd . 739 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,820 The navigation flows support ends on 740 00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:02,320 December 1st at the mouth , and there's 741 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,209 about a 10 day travel time , from 742 00:32:04,209 --> 00:32:07,360 Gavin's point to the mouth , as we do 743 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,620 every winter , the the core will 744 00:32:10,620 --> 00:32:13,250 closely monitor channel and river ice 745 00:32:13,250 --> 00:32:15,040 conditions between the system 746 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,030 reservoirs as well as the Missouri 747 00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:20,390 River downstream of Gavin's Point . I 748 00:32:20,390 --> 00:32:22,130 noted earlier that some of our 749 00:32:22,130 --> 00:32:24,074 operational decisions are based on 750 00:32:24,074 --> 00:32:27,230 system storage . Winter releases from 751 00:32:27,230 --> 00:32:28,952 Gavin's Point are based on the 752 00:32:28,952 --> 00:32:32,680 September 1 system Storage Soaker That 753 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,930 stories level Gavin's point Winter 754 00:32:34,930 --> 00:32:38,550 releases will be at least 17,000 CFS , 755 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,984 and that's about an average winter 756 00:32:40,984 --> 00:32:44,170 release . The table on the slide notes 757 00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:46,460 the expected average monthly releases 758 00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:48,990 from Four Pack Garrison and Gavin's 759 00:32:48,990 --> 00:32:51,640 Point , based on our latest reservoir 760 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,450 studies . And that concludes my 761 00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:56,617 presentation . I'll turn it over to my 762 00:32:56,617 --> 00:32:59,780 expenses . Okay , Thanksgiving , You go 763 00:32:59,780 --> 00:33:02,740 to the next lines . Uh , first flight 764 00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:04,760 here shows the current reservoir 765 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,590 conditions . This graphic is similar to 766 00:33:07,590 --> 00:33:09,800 Kevin's earlier flight and shows the 767 00:33:09,810 --> 00:33:12,450 zones at the three upper reservoirs , 768 00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:15,490 then also for Randall Perfect . 769 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:17,660 Harrison and Awaji are currently 770 00:33:17,670 --> 00:33:21,640 3.31 point five and 0.7 771 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,810 ft above the base of their respective 772 00:33:23,820 --> 00:33:26,780 flood control zones , for Randall is 773 00:33:26,780 --> 00:33:30,270 currently at elevation 13 , 44.5 774 00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,796 four and a reservoir typically drawn 775 00:33:32,796 --> 00:33:34,907 down at this time of the year . It is 776 00:33:34,907 --> 00:33:37,460 then refilled . Excuse me . It's drawn 777 00:33:37,460 --> 00:33:40,570 down the elevation 13 37.5 and then 778 00:33:40,570 --> 00:33:42,580 threefold over the winter , which 779 00:33:42,580 --> 00:33:45,050 provides the benefit to winter energy . 780 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,100 Next line for the 781 00:33:50,110 --> 00:33:52,570 GOP simulations or studies . We use the 782 00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:54,413 five runoff scenarios that Kevin 783 00:33:54,413 --> 00:33:56,620 discussed earlier as input to the 784 00:33:56,620 --> 00:33:58,787 reservoir model . And then we simulate 785 00:33:58,787 --> 00:34:00,842 the regulation of the system through 786 00:34:00,842 --> 00:34:03,590 next year . We typically use August 1st 787 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,530 is starting condition . The first craft 788 00:34:06,530 --> 00:34:08,530 shows the system storage in million 789 00:34:08,530 --> 00:34:11,240 acre feet . The black line is the 790 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:13,462 actual system storage going back to the 791 00:34:13,462 --> 00:34:15,860 beginning of the year . The blue line 792 00:34:15,860 --> 00:34:18,050 is the regulation based on the median 793 00:34:18,050 --> 00:34:21,300 runoff going into next year . The red 794 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:23,244 lines or the upper and lower death 795 00:34:23,244 --> 00:34:26,700 style simulations . Yea , Opie contains 796 00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:28,922 additional information on the upper and 797 00:34:28,922 --> 00:34:31,880 lower courts . I'll run off these five 798 00:34:31,890 --> 00:34:33,612 simulations give us a range of 799 00:34:33,612 --> 00:34:35,779 reservoir elevations and releases that 800 00:34:35,779 --> 00:34:37,850 may be expected under various runoff 801 00:34:37,850 --> 00:34:40,370 scenarios and are explained in more 802 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:43,440 detail in the a . O . P . You'll also 803 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,140 see the three green triangles , which 804 00:34:46,140 --> 00:34:48,480 indicate the system storage checks That 805 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,080 heaven reference . The March 15th 806 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,280 storage check sets the service level 807 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,336 for the first part of the navigation 808 00:34:55,336 --> 00:34:58,560 season . July 1st storage check sets 809 00:34:58,570 --> 00:35:00,681 the service level for the second half 810 00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:02,792 of the navigation season and also the 811 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:05,040 navigation season length . The 812 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,190 September 1st storage checks . That's 813 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,478 the winter released from Gavin's point . 814 00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:12,251 If you look at the black line , which 815 00:35:12,251 --> 00:35:14,418 again is actual , you see , we started 816 00:35:14,418 --> 00:35:16,362 to run off here at the base of the 817 00:35:16,362 --> 00:35:18,584 annual flood control zone . We captured 818 00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:20,751 water during the high runoff periods . 819 00:35:20,751 --> 00:35:22,751 It's Kevin described , and now that 820 00:35:22,751 --> 00:35:24,973 water is being evacuated as we need the 821 00:35:24,973 --> 00:35:27,230 authorized purposes , you can see . A 822 00:35:27,230 --> 00:35:29,452 black line is currently below the lower 823 00:35:29,452 --> 00:35:31,508 deaths outline due to the recent dry 824 00:35:31,508 --> 00:35:34,470 conditions . Based on the most recent 825 00:35:34,470 --> 00:35:36,470 monthly study , it's likely that we 826 00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:38,692 will start next year slightly below the 827 00:35:38,692 --> 00:35:40,914 base of the annual flood control zone . 828 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,718 Following the Blue Line into next year , 829 00:35:43,718 --> 00:35:45,884 you see a similar pattern of capturing 830 00:35:45,884 --> 00:35:47,940 water and then evacuating that water 831 00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:50,450 while meeting the authorized purposes 832 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,702 and then starting the following here at 833 00:35:52,702 --> 00:35:54,758 the base of the annual flood control 834 00:35:54,758 --> 00:35:58,630 zone . Next line . So the next 835 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,030 three slides here are similar charts 836 00:36:01,030 --> 00:36:03,350 for the upper three large reservoirs 837 00:36:03,350 --> 00:36:06,150 showing elevation rather than storage . 838 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,104 And I won't go into much detail on 839 00:36:08,104 --> 00:36:10,310 these , but their inclusion for you to 840 00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:13,940 look at later uh , slight 27 here shows 841 00:36:13,950 --> 00:36:16,130 sport pecs , elevation . One thing I 842 00:36:16,130 --> 00:36:18,352 would point out here that the reservoir 843 00:36:18,352 --> 00:36:20,700 rises during the spring under all the 844 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:22,756 runoff scenarios , and I'll touch on 845 00:36:22,756 --> 00:36:25,940 that again in a few slides . Next slide 846 00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:29,680 shows Garrison and the slide after that 847 00:36:29,690 --> 00:36:33,540 shows Wahid on again . 848 00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:35,707 I would point out on slide 29 that the 849 00:36:35,707 --> 00:36:38,540 WA he declined during the Spring Forge 850 00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:40,940 fishpond under the lower deaths . I'll 851 00:36:40,940 --> 00:36:43,670 run off next life , 852 00:36:45,130 --> 00:36:47,297 So then we'll move on to the project . 853 00:36:47,297 --> 00:36:49,463 Purposes began . The draft LP contains 854 00:36:49,463 --> 00:36:51,740 more detailed information on each of 855 00:36:51,740 --> 00:36:54,890 you . First flood control . As you saw 856 00:36:54,890 --> 00:36:57,001 in the earlier slide system , storage 857 00:36:57,001 --> 00:36:59,168 started to run off season right at the 858 00:36:59,168 --> 00:37:01,057 base of the flood control . Known 859 00:37:01,057 --> 00:37:03,770 storage peaked at 61.8 million acre 860 00:37:03,770 --> 00:37:06,790 feet , utilizing 35% of the systems . 861 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,680 Flood control , storage if you also saw 862 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,569 in the earlier slide , all runoff 863 00:37:11,569 --> 00:37:13,680 scenarios start next year at or below 864 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,736 the base of the annual flood control 865 00:37:15,736 --> 00:37:18,490 zone . Even with all flood storage 866 00:37:18,490 --> 00:37:20,212 available , there's always the 867 00:37:20,212 --> 00:37:22,710 possibility of localized rainfall event 868 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:24,800 or events that we can't forecast 869 00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:27,300 particularly downstream of the system . 870 00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:29,860 Due to that large , I'm unregulated 871 00:37:29,860 --> 00:37:32,520 area below the mainstream reservoirs 872 00:37:32,530 --> 00:37:34,740 and also due to the long travel times 873 00:37:36,530 --> 00:37:38,920 next authorized purpose lifted his 874 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,140 navigation . Kevin already discussed 875 00:37:41,140 --> 00:37:43,370 the plan for the end of navigation full 876 00:37:43,370 --> 00:37:45,800 of support this year , looking out the 877 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,840 next years with the GOP simulations , 878 00:37:48,850 --> 00:37:51,340 all runoff scenarios . So at least a 879 00:37:51,350 --> 00:37:54,390 full length navigation season with the 880 00:37:54,390 --> 00:37:56,780 upper quartile and upper decile runoff 881 00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:59,360 scenarios showing a 10 day extension . 882 00:38:00,020 --> 00:38:02,460 Those two scenarios also have above 883 00:38:02,470 --> 00:38:05,490 full service flows that do evacuation 884 00:38:05,490 --> 00:38:08,620 of water . In those scenarios , there 885 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:10,842 will be a full service slow support for 886 00:38:10,842 --> 00:38:12,720 median and lower quartile Ross 887 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,870 scenarios . The lower decile runoff 888 00:38:15,870 --> 00:38:18,240 scenario does show a slight reduction 889 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,280 in close support after the July 1st 890 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,710 storage check . No on like 891 00:38:23,710 --> 00:38:27,090 31 uh in 892 00:38:27,090 --> 00:38:29,390 hydropower hydropower generation . 893 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:31,612 Under meeting runoff next year would be 894 00:38:31,612 --> 00:38:33,830 10.1 billion kilowatt hours , which is 895 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,062 slightly above the long term average of 896 00:38:36,062 --> 00:38:39,870 9.4 billion kilowatt hours . The 897 00:38:39,870 --> 00:38:41,703 next project purposes that water 898 00:38:41,703 --> 00:38:43,900 supplies , water quality , irrigation 899 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:46,011 and recreation , and they all require 900 00:38:46,011 --> 00:38:48,940 access to water under the median runoff 901 00:38:48,950 --> 00:38:50,840 condition . We would expect near 902 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,560 average releases and elevations under 903 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,782 the lower quartile and lower debt style 904 00:38:56,782 --> 00:38:58,949 scenarios . There may be some issues . 905 00:38:58,949 --> 00:39:01,990 Do the lower releases in localized 906 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,940 channel do the localized channel 907 00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:06,000 conditions or do the lower reservoir 908 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,640 elevations ? You haven't point releases 909 00:39:09,650 --> 00:39:12,420 in the winter of 21 going into 910 00:39:12,430 --> 00:39:16,170 2022 are 20,000 CFS . Under the 911 00:39:16,170 --> 00:39:19,420 median condition we could releases that 912 00:39:19,420 --> 00:39:22,870 winter range from 12,000 to 20,000 , 913 00:39:22,870 --> 00:39:25,870 depending on the RAF scenario . These 914 00:39:25,870 --> 00:39:28,037 four project purposes air dependent on 915 00:39:28,037 --> 00:39:30,420 elevations and releases and results may 916 00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:32,750 vary quite a bit , depending on run off 917 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,470 next year . And lastly , fish and 918 00:39:36,470 --> 00:39:38,950 wildlife , including endangered species . 919 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,350 Our goal is to provide steady to rising 920 00:39:41,350 --> 00:39:43,400 reservoir levels at the upper three 921 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,400 projects . Again , that's four peck 922 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,830 years in Hawaii during the Forge 923 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,750 fishpond . If we do not have sufficient 924 00:39:50,750 --> 00:39:53,180 runoff to keep all three rising , we 925 00:39:53,180 --> 00:39:56,030 will favor for pick Nowacki next year . 926 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,120 What I mean by favorites we will adjust 927 00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:01,430 releases at Fort Peck and Garrison to 928 00:40:01,430 --> 00:40:03,910 try to maintain rising pools at Fort 929 00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:06,290 Peck in Hawaii . For the terms and 930 00:40:06,290 --> 00:40:08,910 Glover's way , expect to have typical 931 00:40:08,910 --> 00:40:11,570 summer burned operations for medium and 932 00:40:11,570 --> 00:40:14,420 below runoff . That concludes my 933 00:40:14,430 --> 00:40:16,541 presentation . Alternative . Act like 934 00:40:16,541 --> 00:40:19,230 lean . All right , thank you for those 935 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:21,960 updates for gonna move into question 936 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,410 and answer . Period . As I mentioned 937 00:40:24,410 --> 00:40:26,577 before , all lines have been placed on 938 00:40:26,577 --> 00:40:28,743 Muse . I'm going to read the first set 939 00:40:28,743 --> 00:40:30,966 of questions that were submitted by our 940 00:40:30,966 --> 00:40:32,966 website . First question comes from 941 00:40:32,966 --> 00:40:35,640 Glenwood , Iowa . The question is well 942 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,860 before of engineers ever explained to 943 00:40:37,860 --> 00:40:39,916 elected officials and residents that 944 00:40:39,916 --> 00:40:42,082 attempting to turn the Missouri into a 945 00:40:42,082 --> 00:40:44,170 ditch for barges has failed 946 00:40:44,180 --> 00:40:46,580 economically . And if they really want 947 00:40:46,580 --> 00:40:48,636 to stop flooding , they will have to 948 00:40:48,636 --> 00:40:50,980 sacrifice some soybeans for wetlands 949 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,046 and stop developing the river loss . 950 00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:57,410 John . Thank you , Alina . Um , well , 951 00:40:57,410 --> 00:40:59,480 repays the question . There is 952 00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:01,840 basically , has the Corps of Engineers , 953 00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:05,660 uh , explained the benefits of the 954 00:41:05,670 --> 00:41:07,837 navigation and the answer . There is , 955 00:41:07,837 --> 00:41:09,781 yes , the economic benefits of the 956 00:41:09,781 --> 00:41:11,670 Missouri River Bank Stabilization 957 00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:13,892 Navigation Project and then published a 958 00:41:13,892 --> 00:41:16,220 number of times , most recently in the 959 00:41:16,220 --> 00:41:18,310 was very recovery program Management 960 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:21,170 plan Environmental impact statement in 961 00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:24,680 2018 . Thes are public documents that 962 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,100 have been shared with the public who 963 00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:29,680 respected flooding . I would like to 964 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,850 ask some folks in Kansas City 965 00:41:32,850 --> 00:41:36,800 District Thio answer that , um , 966 00:41:36,810 --> 00:41:39,590 Ginger , if you're on the line that you 967 00:41:39,590 --> 00:41:42,720 want me to answer that question and 968 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:44,720 introduce yourself and what you dio 969 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,800 Central , you may need the onion . No 970 00:41:54,810 --> 00:41:57,650 way . 971 00:41:58,910 --> 00:42:01,970 Hi , I'm Ginger Harper . I'm in a 972 00:42:01,980 --> 00:42:05,170 Kansas City district , um , corps of 973 00:42:05,170 --> 00:42:09,040 engineers , and , um , to talk 974 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,040 about a little bit about what we're 975 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,960 doing in terms of flood 976 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,280 control along the river . So we're 977 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,058 completing repairs to our flood 978 00:42:19,058 --> 00:42:21,120 infrastructure damaged in the 2019 979 00:42:21,130 --> 00:42:23,520 blood . We're currently partnering with 980 00:42:23,530 --> 00:42:25,697 states of Nebraska , Iowa , Kansas and 981 00:42:25,697 --> 00:42:28,980 Missouri on two different efforts . One 982 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:31,036 of the short term effort of planning 983 00:42:31,036 --> 00:42:32,702 systems . The state's program 984 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,040 identifying problem areas among the 985 00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,520 river . And then the second effort is a 986 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,760 longer term effort . Um , a general 987 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,220 investigation study that will look , um 988 00:42:43,700 --> 00:42:46,630 uh , to be right now , three years to 989 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:48,741 develop a plan for more effective and 990 00:42:48,741 --> 00:42:50,963 resilient flood risk management for the 991 00:42:50,963 --> 00:42:53,019 Lower Missouri River . There will be 992 00:42:53,019 --> 00:42:55,540 outreach efforts involved in both um , 993 00:42:55,540 --> 00:42:57,373 the short term and the long term 994 00:42:57,373 --> 00:42:59,760 efforts . So we will be communicating 995 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,871 with many stakeholders throughout the 996 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:03,760 region and along the river over . 997 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,310 Thanks . Danger . It was very dealing 998 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,550 with that question , John . I don't 999 00:43:11,550 --> 00:43:13,550 know . There's nothing else on that 1000 00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:15,550 question . Okay , we'll move to the 1001 00:43:15,550 --> 00:43:17,772 next question , which comes from Sidney 1002 00:43:17,772 --> 00:43:19,994 Montana . Having we improved the method 1003 00:43:19,994 --> 00:43:22,272 in which the course shares information . 1004 00:43:22,272 --> 00:43:24,272 If there's a dramatic alteration to 1005 00:43:24,272 --> 00:43:26,439 River Close during irrigation season , 1006 00:43:26,439 --> 00:43:28,606 farmers made sufficient notice to make 1007 00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,439 crop management decisions . It's 1008 00:43:30,439 --> 00:43:32,383 actually a few questions . All the 1009 00:43:32,383 --> 00:43:34,161 answer that I'll go to the next 1010 00:43:34,161 --> 00:43:36,106 question . Thank you , Elaine . In 1011 00:43:36,106 --> 00:43:38,217 order to answer this question fully , 1012 00:43:38,217 --> 00:43:39,994 we would need to determine what 1013 00:43:39,994 --> 00:43:42,106 constitutes a dramatic alteration and 1014 00:43:42,106 --> 00:43:44,272 what defines sufficient notice , which 1015 00:43:44,272 --> 00:43:46,328 I would imagine those were very site 1016 00:43:46,328 --> 00:43:49,030 specific and probably , uh , 1017 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,690 operational specific . So with that , 1018 00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:55,050 in the absence of those parameters , we 1019 00:43:55,050 --> 00:43:57,390 do want to say we do produce a 1020 00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,750 regulation forecast that is referred to 1021 00:43:59,750 --> 00:44:02,320 as the three week forecast forecast 1022 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,320 data releases from all six of our 1023 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:09,190 reservoirs . Uh , we published that 1024 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,410 once a week , usually on Wednesday , 1025 00:44:11,420 --> 00:44:13,900 and more often it needed at the 1026 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:16,680 beginning of each month or more often 1027 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,791 if necessary . We produce our what we 1028 00:44:18,791 --> 00:44:20,958 call our monthly studies that forecast 1029 00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:23,013 the average releases for each of the 1030 00:44:23,013 --> 00:44:25,180 projects for the next several months . 1031 00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:27,012 All these forecasts can change 1032 00:44:27,012 --> 00:44:29,012 significantly , particularly during 1033 00:44:29,012 --> 00:44:30,957 times of high runoff . The changes 1034 00:44:30,957 --> 00:44:33,068 during normal and low runoff are less 1035 00:44:33,068 --> 00:44:34,734 dramatic and can be used as a 1036 00:44:34,734 --> 00:44:36,457 reasonable indicator of future 1037 00:44:36,457 --> 00:44:39,000 operations . We also produce every week 1038 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,490 a weekly update whether we produced 1039 00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:43,667 usually on Thursday morning , supposed 1040 00:44:43,667 --> 00:44:46,210 to our website , where we would pose 1041 00:44:46,210 --> 00:44:48,530 any dramatic changes or any significant 1042 00:44:48,530 --> 00:44:50,610 changes to operations . On that . 1043 00:44:52,990 --> 00:44:55,212 Having said that is Kevin Grody pointed 1044 00:44:55,212 --> 00:44:57,434 out , the system is run off driven . If 1045 00:44:57,434 --> 00:44:59,490 there's a change in the forecast and 1046 00:44:59,490 --> 00:45:01,212 run off , this change would be 1047 00:45:01,212 --> 00:45:03,157 reflected in the operations of the 1048 00:45:03,157 --> 00:45:05,930 project . But there is a significant 1049 00:45:05,930 --> 00:45:08,152 change in the runoff forecast . We will 1050 00:45:08,152 --> 00:45:10,041 update the three week forecasting 1051 00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:11,960 monthly studies accordingly . I 1052 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:13,849 recommended anyone that relies on 1053 00:45:13,849 --> 00:45:16,780 access to the water monitor our website 1054 00:45:16,790 --> 00:45:19,800 for any changes . Also , if we're 1055 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,689 finding on making any significant 1056 00:45:21,689 --> 00:45:23,800 changes to forecasted operations , we 1057 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,800 generally issue a press release and 1058 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,670 post on social media . I do need to 1059 00:45:28,670 --> 00:45:30,892 remind everyone that the united U . S . 1060 00:45:30,892 --> 00:45:33,114 Army Corps of Engineers does not assure 1061 00:45:33,114 --> 00:45:35,448 access to the water access to the water . 1062 00:45:35,448 --> 00:45:37,170 Is the facility owner or users 1063 00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:39,810 responsibility ? That's the end of the 1064 00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:43,680 first question . Okay , also , for 1065 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,569 those of you participating in the 1066 00:45:45,569 --> 00:45:47,569 Webinar , we are including links to 1067 00:45:47,569 --> 00:45:49,736 these products that John is mentioning 1068 00:45:49,736 --> 00:45:52,570 within the chat function . All right , 1069 00:45:52,570 --> 00:45:54,737 the second question . Can Conservation 1070 00:45:54,737 --> 00:45:56,980 District start receiving press releases 1071 00:45:56,990 --> 00:45:59,330 that get sent out from the poor ? We 1072 00:45:59,330 --> 00:46:01,441 begin sharing these notices among our 1073 00:46:01,441 --> 00:46:03,386 networks via email and post mail . 1074 00:46:03,386 --> 00:46:05,386 However , we don't always see these 1075 00:46:05,386 --> 00:46:07,441 notifications with enough notice for 1076 00:46:07,441 --> 00:46:09,790 irrigation changes , and I'll go ahead 1077 00:46:09,790 --> 00:46:12,040 and answer that question . We do have 1078 00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,984 links on our website where you can 1079 00:46:13,984 --> 00:46:17,090 subscribe to receive our press releases , 1080 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,960 and this particular center has been 1081 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,310 added to our distribution list 1082 00:46:24,380 --> 00:46:26,220 just following that , I again I 1083 00:46:26,220 --> 00:46:28,442 encourage interested parties to monitor 1084 00:46:28,442 --> 00:46:30,609 the Missouri River Basin Water Medical 1085 00:46:30,609 --> 00:46:34,180 Web page . Also , the uh , Kevin 1086 00:46:34,190 --> 00:46:36,430 Lau pointed out they do produce 1087 00:46:36,430 --> 00:46:38,486 forecast throughout the basin at the 1088 00:46:38,780 --> 00:46:41,113 Missouri based Remember Forecast Center . 1089 00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:44,530 Eso this information that is very good 1090 00:46:44,540 --> 00:46:46,960 for people to look at , and it will be 1091 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:48,904 updated . Uh , certainly before we 1092 00:46:48,904 --> 00:46:51,127 would get a press release that we would 1093 00:46:51,127 --> 00:46:53,349 publish something on that . Our website 1094 00:46:53,349 --> 00:46:56,480 on that . So again , uh , you signed up 1095 00:46:56,490 --> 00:46:58,434 for emails are signed up for press 1096 00:46:58,434 --> 00:47:00,890 releases , But I do encourage people 1097 00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:04,780 who rely on the river to 1098 00:47:04,790 --> 00:47:07,880 monitor our site , that is , and with 1099 00:47:07,890 --> 00:47:09,890 the national Weather Service side , 1100 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:14,010 that's all . Okay . And then , um , so 1101 00:47:14,010 --> 00:47:15,843 far , I think we've only had one 1102 00:47:15,843 --> 00:47:18,430 question submitted by a chat . And I 1103 00:47:18,430 --> 00:47:21,080 think that question is for Doug Cluck . 1104 00:47:21,090 --> 00:47:23,190 The question is , when were the last 1105 00:47:23,190 --> 00:47:26,590 years that we face Lumia ? 1106 00:47:26,980 --> 00:47:29,000 Yep . And 1107 00:47:29,010 --> 00:47:32,980 hello . Um , in the chat , 1108 00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:35,800 I mentioned that 2017 to 2018 1109 00:47:37,180 --> 00:47:40,680 winter , if you will , was the last 1110 00:47:40,690 --> 00:47:43,950 last time . Way did . And if you 1111 00:47:43,950 --> 00:47:46,172 remember , I don't know if you remember 1112 00:47:46,172 --> 00:47:50,060 or not , but it was a fairly typical La 1113 00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:53,070 Nina year in terms of outcome called 1114 00:47:53,070 --> 00:47:57,010 pretty darn cold , uh , for the 1115 00:47:57,010 --> 00:47:59,770 most part in Montana and surrounding 1116 00:47:59,780 --> 00:48:03,390 surrounding areas . Um , if I 1117 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,280 remember correctly , relatively wet 1118 00:48:06,770 --> 00:48:09,470 across much of the , uh , much of the 1119 00:48:09,470 --> 00:48:11,690 based , mostly upper basin . However . 1120 00:48:15,870 --> 00:48:19,070 Okay . Thank you . Okay . So , uh , 1121 00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,370 Matt Lady , were there any other 1122 00:48:21,370 --> 00:48:23,592 questions that were submitted by a chap 1123 00:48:23,592 --> 00:48:25,814 that you noticed that I may have missed 1124 00:48:26,770 --> 00:48:29,050 Hi island . There are no questions in 1125 00:48:29,050 --> 00:48:32,410 the chapter . Okay , great . Thank you . 1126 00:48:32,420 --> 00:48:34,364 Um so this concludes the questions 1127 00:48:34,364 --> 00:48:36,780 submitted by and chat will now feel any 1128 00:48:36,780 --> 00:48:38,891 remaining questions from our colors . 1129 00:48:39,470 --> 00:48:41,303 So , Anu , you're lying to ask a 1130 00:48:41,303 --> 00:48:43,414 question . You'll need to press start 1131 00:48:43,414 --> 00:48:45,637 six on your phone . If you're using the 1132 00:48:45,637 --> 00:48:47,692 webinar , you need to make sure that 1133 00:48:47,692 --> 00:48:49,803 your unused both on your computer and 1134 00:48:49,803 --> 00:48:51,914 on your phone if you have the webinar 1135 00:48:51,914 --> 00:48:54,950 call you the fourth meeting function 1136 00:48:54,950 --> 00:48:57,170 doesn't work . So when you finish 1137 00:48:57,180 --> 00:48:59,900 asking a question , please re noot your 1138 00:48:59,910 --> 00:49:03,020 phone and then what I'm going to do is 1139 00:49:03,020 --> 00:49:05,131 I'm gonna go in alphabetical order by 1140 00:49:05,131 --> 00:49:07,650 state , so please wait for your state 1141 00:49:07,650 --> 00:49:10,700 to be called and then please state your 1142 00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:12,644 name and the organization that you 1143 00:49:12,644 --> 00:49:14,867 represent before asking your question . 1144 00:49:15,470 --> 00:49:17,526 We'll start with the state of Iowa . 1145 00:49:23,470 --> 00:49:26,530 These questions can come from 1146 00:49:26,780 --> 00:49:28,760 anyone who is on the call from the 1147 00:49:28,770 --> 00:49:30,770 state of Iowa . Don't feel like you 1148 00:49:30,770 --> 00:49:33,010 need to wait for a group to be called . 1149 00:49:35,070 --> 00:49:36,959 Kind of will move to the state of 1150 00:49:36,959 --> 00:49:36,870 Kansas 1151 00:49:44,070 --> 00:49:46,410 again . Start six that I need your line . 1152 00:49:50,470 --> 00:49:51,190 Missouri , 1153 00:49:54,270 --> 00:49:57,550 this is Joe Gibbs . Hello , E 1154 00:49:57,550 --> 00:50:00,320 o . Go ahead and answer questions . Yes , 1155 00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:02,830 I have some questions . Um , I've been 1156 00:50:02,830 --> 00:50:05,780 reading the , uh , engineering circular 1157 00:50:05,780 --> 00:50:08,590 on the levee safety program . They're 1158 00:50:08,590 --> 00:50:11,120 the term in there called authorized 1159 00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:14,970 levee system . Is that all ? 1160 00:50:14,970 --> 00:50:17,420 Levee systems , federal and nonfederal , 1161 00:50:17,420 --> 00:50:19,990 or is that just federal systems ? 1162 00:50:21,060 --> 00:50:23,150 Christian ? Matt , Crafty . Can you 1163 00:50:23,150 --> 00:50:25,317 answer that question for us , please ? 1164 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,471 You may need the start fixed . Owen , 1165 00:50:27,471 --> 00:50:30,340 use your line . Hey , Eileen , this is 1166 00:50:30,340 --> 00:50:33,850 Matt . Can you hear me ? Yeah , OK . 1167 00:50:33,860 --> 00:50:36,450 Matt Caskey . I am the readiness branch 1168 00:50:36,460 --> 00:50:39,850 chief in the Omaha district . So , Joe , 1169 00:50:39,850 --> 00:50:42,640 unauthorized levee system in the EEC 1170 00:50:42,650 --> 00:50:45,480 would be , uh , the levee system that 1171 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,630 was authorized by Congress and is in 1172 00:50:48,630 --> 00:50:51,200 the pl 84 99 program . 1173 00:50:53,260 --> 00:50:56,580 Okay , the next question I have , um 1174 00:50:57,060 --> 00:50:59,790 is on the database the levee database . 1175 00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:04,630 I noticed that many of those , 1176 00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:08,280 um um individual levies a lot of 1177 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:11,780 gross are grossly inaccurate figures 1178 00:51:11,780 --> 00:51:13,850 and things . Eyes . They're a 1179 00:51:13,850 --> 00:51:16,770 continuous , uh , program Set up our 1180 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:20,390 work set up to update those to get them 1181 00:51:20,390 --> 00:51:24,260 accurate . Yeah . 1182 00:51:24,270 --> 00:51:26,910 So this is Matt crafty again . So we do 1183 00:51:26,910 --> 00:51:29,970 go through on describe that database on 1184 00:51:29,970 --> 00:51:33,460 occasion through our and continuing 1185 00:51:33,460 --> 00:51:35,200 inspection program . So is our 1186 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:36,978 engineers go through and do the 1187 00:51:36,978 --> 00:51:38,922 inspections . They go through that 1188 00:51:38,922 --> 00:51:41,089 database to verify accuracy . So short 1189 00:51:41,089 --> 00:51:43,890 answer to your question is yes . What ? 1190 00:51:44,030 --> 00:51:46,340 What I've seen as faras the length of 1191 00:51:46,340 --> 00:51:48,451 the levy and the structure and all of 1192 00:51:48,451 --> 00:51:52,370 that on dso on but the , 1193 00:51:52,380 --> 00:51:55,900 um on , you know , the condition of it . 1194 00:51:56,260 --> 00:51:59,120 But the historical data that's in there , 1195 00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,460 some of it is really inaccurate . And , 1196 00:52:01,460 --> 00:52:04,290 uh , and when you say , levy 1197 00:52:04,290 --> 00:52:07,260 inspections , do they , uh , look into 1198 00:52:07,260 --> 00:52:09,480 the records of the levee district and 1199 00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,150 so on ? I mean , what does levee 1200 00:52:12,150 --> 00:52:14,790 inspection mean ? Well , Joe , I'll 1201 00:52:14,790 --> 00:52:17,012 tell you what I'll do . I'll take it to 1202 00:52:17,012 --> 00:52:19,068 our Let me safety officer , Um , and 1203 00:52:19,068 --> 00:52:21,068 Eileen can give me a due out to get 1204 00:52:21,068 --> 00:52:23,350 back . Get back to you on that . Okay , 1205 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:26,410 that's fine . Okay . Yeah , The other 1206 00:52:26,410 --> 00:52:28,860 thing . My last question I'm concerned 1207 00:52:28,860 --> 00:52:32,180 about sediment , uh , in the , 1208 00:52:32,270 --> 00:52:35,690 um , reservoirs , and 1209 00:52:36,550 --> 00:52:38,606 one asked sign of a weird question . 1210 00:52:38,606 --> 00:52:40,910 But is there any gold flakes or 1211 00:52:40,910 --> 00:52:43,077 anything in that sediment ? That could 1212 00:52:43,077 --> 00:52:46,600 be , uh , mind and help pay for the 1213 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:48,980 cost of moving the sediment or what's 1214 00:52:48,980 --> 00:52:51,960 the market value ? Or really , what I'm 1215 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,540 really asking is , um what has the 1216 00:52:54,540 --> 00:52:57,220 Corbyn thinking about doing about the 1217 00:52:57,220 --> 00:53:00,950 sediment . Thanks . So I'm gonna let 1218 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:04,050 you answer that question for you . Well , 1219 00:53:04,050 --> 00:53:06,860 I was one of the one of the ideas I 1220 00:53:06,860 --> 00:53:08,916 throughout is we should lace it with 1221 00:53:08,916 --> 00:53:11,138 gold , and then people would pick it up 1222 00:53:11,138 --> 00:53:13,550 and take it home with , But that didn't 1223 00:53:13,550 --> 00:53:17,100 fly . Eso What ? What we have right now 1224 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:20,350 is no solid plan Thio to manage the 1225 00:53:20,350 --> 00:53:22,517 sentiment within the reservoir systems 1226 00:53:22,517 --> 00:53:24,517 on the Missouri River . Having said 1227 00:53:24,517 --> 00:53:27,930 that , the court engineers is trying to 1228 00:53:27,930 --> 00:53:31,810 develop some tools to look at reservoir 1229 00:53:31,810 --> 00:53:34,260 sentiment management on a national 1230 00:53:34,260 --> 00:53:36,780 scale . But there's nothing specific 1231 00:53:36,780 --> 00:53:39,440 for the Missouri River now is Kevin 1232 00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:43,160 Grody mentioned that we have , ah , 1233 00:53:43,170 --> 00:53:45,114 the conservation stories where the 1234 00:53:45,114 --> 00:53:47,620 multipurpose carry over storage in the 1235 00:53:47,620 --> 00:53:51,160 system . As the sediment depletes the 1236 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:54,130 storage , we maintain the 16.3 million 1237 00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:56,430 acre feet of flood control storage . So 1238 00:53:56,430 --> 00:53:58,680 basically , the sediment is eating away 1239 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:02,420 at the at the drought conservation 1240 00:54:02,430 --> 00:54:05,820 storage there , and right now that's 1241 00:54:05,820 --> 00:54:08,330 not a big problem . There's still a lot 1242 00:54:08,330 --> 00:54:10,552 of storage and the and particularly the 1243 00:54:10,552 --> 00:54:12,774 main of the Big Three reservoirs in the 1244 00:54:12,774 --> 00:54:15,640 further north . But one day that will 1245 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:17,696 be an issue . But right now we don't 1246 00:54:17,696 --> 00:54:21,570 have any any said 1247 00:54:21,570 --> 00:54:23,903 plans to do anything with the sentiment . 1248 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,810 Is it possible that maybe of large 1249 00:54:27,810 --> 00:54:31,260 floodgates like you and have for a 1250 00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,480 lock and dam could that be put in a 1251 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,970 damn and , uh , caused from Flushing ? 1252 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,230 I know the people down here at the 1253 00:54:40,230 --> 00:54:42,397 lower end would like a little sand and 1254 00:54:42,397 --> 00:54:45,060 for their dredging operations and so on . 1255 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,140 Is that relevant ? Well , if you look 1256 00:54:48,140 --> 00:54:50,440 at sentiment fleshing that's done 1257 00:54:50,450 --> 00:54:52,783 around the world and if this is not new , 1258 00:54:52,783 --> 00:54:54,617 technology has been going on for 1259 00:54:54,617 --> 00:54:57,910 hundreds of years . But what happens is , 1260 00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:59,920 uh , in order to push the sentiment 1261 00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:02,031 from a reservoir , you almost have to 1262 00:55:02,031 --> 00:55:05,550 let the flood through . Right . So , uh , 1263 00:55:05,940 --> 00:55:07,800 they don't really played control 1264 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:11,050 reservoirs . Don't really , um , 1265 00:55:11,060 --> 00:55:13,060 provide you a great opportunity for 1266 00:55:13,060 --> 00:55:15,171 sentiment fleshing because you almost 1267 00:55:15,171 --> 00:55:17,338 have to let the flood through and that 1268 00:55:17,740 --> 00:55:21,170 nobody wants that . So Okay , 1269 00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:24,760 um , I would like Thio comment on one 1270 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:28,000 thing , and that's for Elaine . Um , 1271 00:55:28,010 --> 00:55:31,520 the acoustics that we're getting are 1272 00:55:31,530 --> 00:55:34,800 kind of bad , I don't know , But , um , 1273 00:55:34,990 --> 00:55:37,740 it's kind of hard Thio Thio here . You 1274 00:55:37,740 --> 00:55:40,480 Sometimes because of the co sticks 1275 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:42,760 where you are , there's a lot of Echo 1276 00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,760 and so on . That's all I am . Thank you . 1277 00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:48,370 Thanks for that matter . You bet . 1278 00:55:50,030 --> 00:55:52,141 Any other questions from the state of 1279 00:55:52,141 --> 00:55:55,480 Missouri ? It ? 1280 00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,060 Yeah . Again . Start six 1281 00:55:59,070 --> 00:56:00,760 amuse . 1282 00:56:07,930 --> 00:56:09,760 Okay . Stay with my parents . 1283 00:56:18,630 --> 00:56:21,600 Nebraska . Oh , sorry . This is Dick 1284 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:23,822 Iverson . I was a little slow . Can you 1285 00:56:23,822 --> 00:56:25,933 hear me ? Sure . You can . Go ahead . 1286 00:56:25,933 --> 00:56:28,680 Yeah . And and maybe this is for John R . 1287 00:56:28,690 --> 00:56:31,240 Swenson , but 1288 00:56:32,630 --> 00:56:34,686 I guess there's unauthorized purpose 1289 00:56:34,686 --> 00:56:36,686 with irrigation . When when you say 1290 00:56:36,686 --> 00:56:38,610 that the water is in the river , 1291 00:56:38,610 --> 00:56:40,930 basically . But we have to figure a way 1292 00:56:40,930 --> 00:56:43,890 to get it to me . The river has changed 1293 00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:46,420 so dramatically since 2011 and is 1294 00:56:46,430 --> 00:56:50,010 continuing to change every year . Is 1295 00:56:50,010 --> 00:56:52,460 there a way we can revisit that where 1296 00:56:52,830 --> 00:56:54,997 the water that's in the river is going 1297 00:56:54,997 --> 00:56:57,163 to be adequate for the majority of the 1298 00:56:57,163 --> 00:57:00,430 pump sites ? Uh , and I don't wanna 1299 00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:03,270 pick on other authorized purposes , but , 1300 00:57:03,270 --> 00:57:06,460 like dredging are navigation and things 1301 00:57:06,460 --> 00:57:10,030 like that . We make sure that you have 1302 00:57:10,030 --> 00:57:12,086 all these structures toe . Make sure 1303 00:57:12,086 --> 00:57:14,086 the channel is there , that there's 1304 00:57:14,086 --> 00:57:16,197 adequate water , but for irrigation , 1305 00:57:16,197 --> 00:57:18,419 it's just kind of a hope and poke thing 1306 00:57:18,419 --> 00:57:20,752 that you can get your pump in the river . 1307 00:57:20,752 --> 00:57:22,808 So is there . Somehow we convince it 1308 00:57:22,808 --> 00:57:24,808 about that So that we have adequate 1309 00:57:24,830 --> 00:57:27,400 water volumes so we can get our pumps 1310 00:57:27,410 --> 00:57:30,810 in the river . 140 50 pump sites . We 1311 00:57:30,810 --> 00:57:32,960 have it . It really is a difficult 1312 00:57:32,970 --> 00:57:36,590 thing , Uh , to have that many people 1313 00:57:36,590 --> 00:57:38,757 in there messing in the river , trying 1314 00:57:38,757 --> 00:57:40,590 in a river that's supposed to be 1315 00:57:40,590 --> 00:57:42,646 natural to try to get to their pumps 1316 00:57:42,646 --> 00:57:44,812 that we could have just enough full so 1317 00:57:44,812 --> 00:57:46,812 we can float thes pumps on a normal 1318 00:57:46,812 --> 00:57:50,700 year . All right . Thank you . What 1319 00:57:50,700 --> 00:57:52,867 was your name again ? I'm sorry , Jack 1320 00:57:52,867 --> 00:57:55,530 Iverson . I'm from Eastern Montana for 1321 00:57:55,540 --> 00:57:58,860 camp . All right , Thank you . I'm 1322 00:57:58,860 --> 00:58:00,860 gonna let John Raymond . Thanks for 1323 00:58:00,860 --> 00:58:02,950 that question . Thanks , Dick . Uh , 1324 00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:05,576 they just get back a little bit with 1325 00:58:05,576 --> 00:58:08,590 the authorizations . The the 1326 00:58:08,590 --> 00:58:10,701 organization for the Missouri remains 1327 00:58:10,701 --> 00:58:13,460 Stem reservoir system authorizes 1328 00:58:13,460 --> 00:58:16,010 support for navigation . The 1329 00:58:16,020 --> 00:58:19,800 authorization does not , uh , provide 1330 00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:21,430 any particular flow in the 1331 00:58:21,430 --> 00:58:23,597 authorization for navigation . That is 1332 00:58:23,597 --> 00:58:25,708 something that are below targets were 1333 00:58:25,708 --> 00:58:27,986 developed to the master manual process . 1334 00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:30,342 Eso That's That's how we arrived in our 1335 00:58:30,342 --> 00:58:32,920 flow targets from down strength and the 1336 00:58:32,930 --> 00:58:34,819 bank stabilization and navigation 1337 00:58:34,819 --> 00:58:38,060 project from Sioux City to the mouth so 1338 00:58:38,060 --> 00:58:39,671 separate authorized projects 1339 00:58:39,671 --> 00:58:42,280 specifically to provide a reliable 1340 00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,336 navigation channel . You are correct 1341 00:58:44,336 --> 00:58:47,480 about that . So the clothes that we 1342 00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:50,830 have , you know , from quarterback 1343 00:58:51,220 --> 00:58:53,387 are based basically on what we've come 1344 00:58:53,387 --> 00:58:55,276 up with through the master manual 1345 00:58:55,276 --> 00:58:58,420 process , Um , water supply anywhere 1346 00:58:58,420 --> 00:59:00,476 where there's below port pack of low 1347 00:59:00,476 --> 00:59:02,810 gammas point , uh , access to that is 1348 00:59:02,810 --> 00:59:05,300 still the users responsibility . And 1349 00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:07,633 the reason for that , I think , is that , 1350 00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:10,760 um there is no set standard for that . 1351 00:59:11,220 --> 00:59:14,330 You know , some pumps required to put a 1352 00:59:14,330 --> 00:59:16,530 water , some need six . Some need 10 1353 00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:20,380 eso . You're probably trying to build 1354 00:59:20,380 --> 00:59:22,970 the operations for that would be , uh , 1355 00:59:22,980 --> 00:59:26,550 nearly impossible on also tributary 1356 00:59:26,550 --> 00:59:28,661 flows and all of those other things . 1357 00:59:28,661 --> 00:59:30,910 So we sent our flows out of work pack 1358 00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:34,260 for based on the run off there . 1359 00:59:34,620 --> 00:59:37,650 Now , as we did this last summer , uh , 1360 00:59:37,660 --> 00:59:40,450 early fall , we did kind of sculpt a 1361 00:59:40,450 --> 00:59:42,450 little bit to provide a little more 1362 00:59:42,450 --> 00:59:44,940 water during the heavy use period . Uh , 1363 00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:48,130 they're below four pack , but , uh , we 1364 00:59:48,130 --> 00:59:50,840 did not release more water or less 1365 00:59:50,840 --> 00:59:52,729 water than we would have released 1366 00:59:52,729 --> 00:59:54,729 anyway , So that that's kind of our 1367 00:59:54,729 --> 00:59:56,673 restriction there . Could you talk 1368 00:59:56,673 --> 00:59:58,729 about that . That would be , uh , on 1369 00:59:58,729 --> 01:00:00,729 opening up of the master manual . I 1370 01:00:00,729 --> 01:00:02,896 don't know whether anybody wants to go 1371 01:00:02,896 --> 01:00:05,118 there . I don't think I could recommend 1372 01:00:05,118 --> 01:00:07,229 opening up the master manual for that 1373 01:00:07,229 --> 01:00:09,340 because I don't know whether we could 1374 01:00:09,340 --> 01:00:11,451 come to a solution that would produce 1375 01:00:11,451 --> 01:00:13,618 much more like reliability than I have 1376 01:00:13,618 --> 01:00:17,610 now . All right . Thanks for your 1377 01:00:17,620 --> 01:00:21,310 question . This I'm going thio return 1378 01:00:21,310 --> 01:00:23,570 to State of Nebraska . There . Any 1379 01:00:23,570 --> 01:00:26,500 questions ? Well , he was from Montana . 1380 01:00:26,500 --> 01:00:29,050 I don't even in Nebraska . So , uh , 1381 01:00:29,060 --> 01:00:31,060 state of Nebraska again start six . 1382 01:00:31,060 --> 01:00:32,782 Meet your line if you have any 1383 01:00:32,782 --> 01:00:33,782 questions . 1384 01:00:39,210 --> 01:00:40,320 North Dakota . 1385 01:00:43,410 --> 01:00:45,820 Yeah . John Michael Bench , can you 1386 01:00:45,820 --> 01:00:48,750 hear ? May . 1387 01:00:49,210 --> 01:00:51,450 Okay , John , use the question 1388 01:00:51,450 --> 01:00:54,610 regarding the , uh , title seven 1389 01:00:54,610 --> 01:00:57,770 entitled nine or Sedimentation . My 1390 01:00:57,770 --> 01:00:59,770 understanding that the current work 1391 01:00:59,770 --> 01:01:02,070 bill may be looking at eliminating that 1392 01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:04,136 it was curious as to what the chorus 1393 01:01:04,136 --> 01:01:07,840 position on that would be . Oh , uh , 1394 01:01:07,850 --> 01:01:10,120 the course positional view . Whatever 1395 01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:12,930 Congress does if they eliminate that , 1396 01:01:12,940 --> 01:01:16,220 we will obviously not , uh , 1397 01:01:16,230 --> 01:01:19,740 participate in those , Uh , you 1398 01:01:19,740 --> 01:01:21,851 probably know the participation . And 1399 01:01:21,851 --> 01:01:24,073 the funding for those two programs have 1400 01:01:24,073 --> 01:01:26,129 been almost nil for the last several 1401 01:01:26,129 --> 01:01:28,920 years . So , um , it's really kind 1402 01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,830 about the whatever Congress does . Okay , 1403 01:01:31,830 --> 01:01:33,608 I understand and appreciate the 1404 01:01:33,608 --> 01:01:37,150 responses . Thank you . Are 1405 01:01:37,150 --> 01:01:39,317 any further questions ? State of North 1406 01:01:39,317 --> 01:01:40,317 Dakota 1407 01:01:43,310 --> 01:01:44,930 are almost to South Dakota , 1408 01:01:51,510 --> 01:01:52,320 Wyoming . 1409 01:01:55,610 --> 01:01:57,700 We've had two additional questions 1410 01:01:57,710 --> 01:02:00,230 submitted via chat function . 1411 01:02:01,500 --> 01:02:03,420 First question is , what are the 1412 01:02:03,430 --> 01:02:06,310 chances of a full navigation season in 1413 01:02:06,310 --> 01:02:07,320 2021 1414 01:02:13,700 --> 01:02:17,500 off Mike Swenson after that ? So 1415 01:02:17,510 --> 01:02:19,399 do you feed that question again ? 1416 01:02:19,399 --> 01:02:21,690 Formula ? What are the chances of a 1417 01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:24,520 full navigation season in 2021 ? 1418 01:02:25,700 --> 01:02:28,330 So all of our runoff scenario is shown 1419 01:02:28,330 --> 01:02:30,441 in the A O . P show ? At least a full 1420 01:02:30,441 --> 01:02:33,930 length navigation season ? Next year s 1421 01:02:33,930 --> 01:02:36,097 Oh , there's a small chance . And that 1422 01:02:36,097 --> 01:02:38,319 would be kind of like Kevin discussed . 1423 01:02:38,319 --> 01:02:41,140 Kind of like the 10% below the lower 1424 01:02:41,140 --> 01:02:43,029 debt style that we may not have a 1425 01:02:43,029 --> 01:02:44,807 pulling navigation season . But 1426 01:02:44,807 --> 01:02:47,140 currently what we're showing in a o . P . 1427 01:02:47,140 --> 01:02:49,210 They also a full length navigation 1428 01:02:49,210 --> 01:02:52,420 season . Is it a full service ? 1429 01:02:52,430 --> 01:02:55,360 Uh , Lord Decile did show a slight 1430 01:02:55,360 --> 01:02:57,660 reduction in close support after the 1431 01:02:57,660 --> 01:02:59,730 July 1st storage check . 1432 01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:04,089 Okay . And then the next question 1433 01:03:04,089 --> 01:03:06,390 coming from chat , uh , from Missouri 1434 01:03:06,390 --> 01:03:08,570 River Conservation District Council . 1435 01:03:08,580 --> 01:03:10,970 It says more soybeans are being grown 1436 01:03:10,970 --> 01:03:13,081 in the area which farmers don't begin 1437 01:03:13,081 --> 01:03:15,480 irrigating until July . That early 1438 01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:17,550 irrigation window is essential for 1439 01:03:17,550 --> 01:03:20,660 other crops like sugar , peas , alfalfa 1440 01:03:20,670 --> 01:03:22,880 and alfalfa . The July to September 1441 01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:25,020 time frame is important as well . 1442 01:03:25,700 --> 01:03:27,867 Farmers always need stability in their 1443 01:03:27,867 --> 01:03:29,811 water supply that this three month 1444 01:03:29,811 --> 01:03:31,756 period is especially critical when 1445 01:03:31,756 --> 01:03:33,867 precipitation is low and temperatures 1446 01:03:33,867 --> 01:03:36,430 are high . How can we avoid maintenance 1447 01:03:36,430 --> 01:03:39,180 in testing that hinders farmers access 1448 01:03:39,190 --> 01:03:41,490 toe water during this prime irrigation 1449 01:03:41,490 --> 01:03:42,130 season ? 1450 01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:48,020 John ? Yes , 1451 01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:54,067 I'm not sure what you mean by 1452 01:03:54,067 --> 01:03:56,310 maintenance and testing , but again it 1453 01:03:56,310 --> 01:03:58,660 gets back Thio looking at our long 1454 01:03:58,660 --> 01:04:01,570 range monthly studies , seeing what our 1455 01:04:01,580 --> 01:04:05,410 studies show for average releases 1456 01:04:05,410 --> 01:04:07,810 from whatever project you're you're 1457 01:04:07,810 --> 01:04:10,580 interested in and then monitoring that 1458 01:04:10,590 --> 01:04:12,923 you could always ask questions on there . 1459 01:04:12,923 --> 01:04:14,646 But we are is Kevin and I have 1460 01:04:14,646 --> 01:04:16,760 indicated a runoff driven system , so 1461 01:04:16,770 --> 01:04:19,580 there's a an abrupt change in the 1462 01:04:19,580 --> 01:04:22,430 runoff that will be reflected . The 1463 01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:26,330 sooner we know of these issues , the 1464 01:04:26,340 --> 01:04:29,510 sooner we could , uh , possibly , uh , 1465 01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:32,150 make adjustments within within the 1466 01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:35,310 confines of the Master manual Thio 1467 01:04:36,090 --> 01:04:40,060 lesson Uh , the strain on 1468 01:04:40,060 --> 01:04:41,120 that situation 1469 01:04:43,690 --> 01:04:45,746 Uh , this is Mike once , and I would 1470 01:04:45,746 --> 01:04:48,380 also add that we typically try Teoh , 1471 01:04:48,390 --> 01:04:51,590 you know , the projects . Try Thio not 1472 01:04:51,590 --> 01:04:54,050 have maintenance during the summer 1473 01:04:54,050 --> 01:04:56,217 period so that we have you know , most 1474 01:04:56,217 --> 01:04:58,328 of the units available on things like 1475 01:04:58,328 --> 01:05:00,106 that . We did have some special 1476 01:05:00,106 --> 01:05:02,328 circumstances this past summer . Like a 1477 01:05:02,328 --> 01:05:04,217 war fact in a couple of the other 1478 01:05:04,217 --> 01:05:06,310 projects . Um , but the projects are 1479 01:05:06,310 --> 01:05:08,570 old and , you know , they do have quite 1480 01:05:08,570 --> 01:05:10,860 a bit of maintenance going on . And , 1481 01:05:10,860 --> 01:05:13,027 you know , sometimes things just break 1482 01:05:13,027 --> 01:05:15,138 down and different things like that . 1483 01:05:15,138 --> 01:05:17,249 So what ? We try to , you know , have 1484 01:05:17,249 --> 01:05:19,193 units available during those those 1485 01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:21,430 prime periods for irrigation and 1486 01:05:21,430 --> 01:05:23,374 recreation , Those types of things 1487 01:05:23,390 --> 01:05:25,446 sometimes it just isn't possible for 1488 01:05:25,446 --> 01:05:27,334 all the units to be available for 1489 01:05:27,334 --> 01:05:28,334 releases . 1490 01:05:31,090 --> 01:05:35,080 Okay , uh , there's another 1491 01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:37,390 comment that was submitted by a chat 1492 01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:40,530 regarding the access issue In many of 1493 01:05:40,530 --> 01:05:42,641 these scenarios , accessing the water 1494 01:05:42,641 --> 01:05:45,210 requires extensive dredging a timely 1495 01:05:45,210 --> 01:05:47,860 job . And there is only one dress to be 1496 01:05:47,860 --> 01:05:50,000 shared among 100 irrigators . This 1497 01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:52,480 leaves the other 99 irrigators to use 1498 01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:55,040 alternative trance work using heavy 1499 01:05:55,040 --> 01:05:57,410 machinery , a dangerous and not 1500 01:05:57,410 --> 01:05:59,299 environmentally friendly option . 1501 01:05:59,299 --> 01:06:01,950 Likewise , this work should require a 3 1502 01:06:01,950 --> 01:06:04,172 10 permit from their local conservation 1503 01:06:04,172 --> 01:06:06,339 district and permits from the Corps of 1504 01:06:06,339 --> 01:06:08,450 Engineers , which would likely take 2 1505 01:06:08,450 --> 01:06:10,810 to 4 months to receive . If the point 1506 01:06:10,810 --> 01:06:13,890 of diversion needs to be moved or 1507 01:06:13,890 --> 01:06:16,530 another pump site volume of flow needs 1508 01:06:16,540 --> 01:06:18,960 to accommodate an inoperable pumps 1509 01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:22,210 place and use It could require a change 1510 01:06:22,220 --> 01:06:25,340 in water rights right through the 1511 01:06:25,350 --> 01:06:27,572 Montana Department of Natural Resources 1512 01:06:27,572 --> 01:06:30,400 and Conservation . By encouraging 1513 01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:32,800 farmers to simply access water , the 1514 01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:35,520 core is encouraging farmers to sidestep 1515 01:06:35,530 --> 01:06:37,740 the permitting and water right process 1516 01:06:37,750 --> 01:06:40,410 and use means that do not benefit 1517 01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:44,740 direct . Yes , 1518 01:06:44,740 --> 01:06:46,796 well , we're not encouraging anybody 1519 01:06:46,796 --> 01:06:49,540 sidestep any , uh , processes . I think 1520 01:06:49,540 --> 01:06:52,670 that what we're encouraging people to 1521 01:06:52,670 --> 01:06:56,520 be , uh , uh , diligent and , uh , look 1522 01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,670 out ahead on giving themselves and 1523 01:06:59,670 --> 01:07:02,110 anybody else involved enough time thio , 1524 01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:04,736 uh , to get through whatever process 1525 01:07:04,736 --> 01:07:07,490 you need to get through , recognizing 1526 01:07:07,490 --> 01:07:09,940 that once we come out of , ah , 1527 01:07:09,950 --> 01:07:12,172 prolonged period of high flow we've had 1528 01:07:12,172 --> 01:07:14,530 the last few years , the River channel 1529 01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:16,197 is going to be different . We 1530 01:07:16,197 --> 01:07:20,160 understand that , But , um , 1531 01:07:20,170 --> 01:07:22,281 again , everybody needs to understand 1532 01:07:22,281 --> 01:07:25,740 that , and maybe plan ahead , uh , is 1533 01:07:25,740 --> 01:07:27,920 to the regulatory process 1534 01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:34,280 another comment , um , from did 1535 01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:37,050 Iverson . Because we have a visit for 1536 01:07:37,050 --> 01:07:39,217 Montana and North Dakota irrigators to 1537 01:07:39,217 --> 01:07:41,106 see if we can get a better way to 1538 01:07:41,106 --> 01:07:42,939 provide water that is adequate . 1539 01:07:46,380 --> 01:07:49,300 Um , we can always have visits 1540 01:07:50,780 --> 01:07:54,670 of I'm not 1541 01:07:54,670 --> 01:07:55,590 really sure 1542 01:07:58,580 --> 01:08:00,890 what you mean by that dick , but , uh , 1543 01:08:00,900 --> 01:08:03,122 we could always talk about it . There's 1544 01:08:03,122 --> 01:08:04,956 no reason not to talk about it . 1545 01:08:08,170 --> 01:08:10,600 So that concludes the questions that 1546 01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:12,656 have been in comments that have been 1547 01:08:12,656 --> 01:08:14,767 submitted by the chat , the questions 1548 01:08:14,767 --> 01:08:18,530 that we've received from colors and any 1549 01:08:18,530 --> 01:08:20,363 questions that were submitted in 1550 01:08:20,363 --> 01:08:22,920 advance of the call called Last 1551 01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:25,910 question . With that , if anybody else 1552 01:08:25,910 --> 01:08:28,188 has a question , please press star six . 1553 01:08:29,070 --> 01:08:31,292 But I'm use your line and ask any final 1554 01:08:31,292 --> 01:08:33,870 questions . Well , John , this is like 1555 01:08:33,870 --> 01:08:37,860 Iverson again , and I guess it's 1556 01:08:37,860 --> 01:08:40,082 obvious that we've got a big problem up 1557 01:08:40,082 --> 01:08:42,390 here below Fort Peck for irrigators . 1558 01:08:42,390 --> 01:08:45,740 And I think somehow we need to sit down 1559 01:08:45,740 --> 01:08:48,100 and see what we can do . And I know you 1560 01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:51,170 were hesitant on the master manual . I 1561 01:08:51,170 --> 01:08:53,240 don't know what that involves , you 1562 01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,573 know , we were in on the original stuff , 1563 01:08:55,573 --> 01:08:58,580 but I think we need to visit about this . 1564 01:08:58,590 --> 01:09:00,590 I mean , this is a serious economic 1565 01:09:00,590 --> 01:09:02,701 blow up here , and the river , like I 1566 01:09:02,701 --> 01:09:05,690 said earlier , is changing yearly . And 1567 01:09:05,700 --> 01:09:08,210 with this big system , we have that 1568 01:09:08,220 --> 01:09:09,887 Irrigation was supposed to be 1569 01:09:09,887 --> 01:09:12,220 unauthorized purpose . With picks alone . 1570 01:09:12,220 --> 01:09:14,442 We were supposed to have things that we 1571 01:09:14,442 --> 01:09:16,500 didn't get . I think we deserve here 1572 01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:18,450 below Fort Peck to have at least 1573 01:09:18,460 --> 01:09:21,450 opportunity to sit down with the powers 1574 01:09:21,460 --> 01:09:24,860 to be with the core and try to come up 1575 01:09:24,860 --> 01:09:27,900 with a solution that's not only 1576 01:09:27,900 --> 01:09:29,900 beneficial to irrigators but to the 1577 01:09:29,900 --> 01:09:32,310 wildlife and everything else . So I 1578 01:09:32,310 --> 01:09:34,421 guess I'm we're putting our offer out 1579 01:09:34,421 --> 01:09:37,380 there . Can we have such a visit ? Get 1580 01:09:37,380 --> 01:09:39,491 together whatever you want to call it 1581 01:09:39,491 --> 01:09:41,436 so that we could see maybe there's 1582 01:09:41,436 --> 01:09:43,713 nothing can be done . And then we have , 1583 01:09:43,713 --> 01:09:45,991 as you have said in the past or others , 1584 01:09:45,991 --> 01:09:48,213 maybe we have to go to Congress and get 1585 01:09:48,213 --> 01:09:50,436 a change . But at least let's see if we 1586 01:09:50,436 --> 01:09:52,491 can exercise all the options we have 1587 01:09:52,491 --> 01:09:55,800 currently legally available . Uh , this 1588 01:09:55,800 --> 01:09:58,180 General , Uh , yes , we can talk about 1589 01:09:58,180 --> 01:10:00,402 that . I think a better time to do that 1590 01:10:00,402 --> 01:10:02,910 would be once we see what the with the 1591 01:10:02,910 --> 01:10:05,670 snowpack is shaping up to be probably 1592 01:10:05,670 --> 01:10:09,280 possibly , uh , spring or late winner . 1593 01:10:09,760 --> 01:10:12,220 Uh , when we when we get a better 1594 01:10:12,220 --> 01:10:14,164 handle on what exactly is going to 1595 01:10:14,164 --> 01:10:16,164 happen out there and then it's just 1596 01:10:16,164 --> 01:10:18,970 stated , you know , you're cropping uh , 1597 01:10:18,980 --> 01:10:21,147 practices . They're changing . They're 1598 01:10:21,147 --> 01:10:23,258 finding more soybeans , which changes 1599 01:10:23,258 --> 01:10:26,620 the irrigation demand . A t least maybe 1600 01:10:26,620 --> 01:10:29,450 shifts in a little bit . So we would 1601 01:10:29,450 --> 01:10:31,228 like we'd be very interested in 1602 01:10:31,228 --> 01:10:33,228 learning more about what ? What has 1603 01:10:33,228 --> 01:10:35,339 changed in what your requirements are 1604 01:10:35,339 --> 01:10:37,006 and how we may be able . Thio 1605 01:10:37,006 --> 01:10:39,228 Accommodate that within the confines of 1606 01:10:39,228 --> 01:10:41,270 the current master manual . I think 1607 01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:43,502 tryingto settle it here today . There's 1608 01:10:43,502 --> 01:10:46,250 just too much unknown on our end as 1609 01:10:46,250 --> 01:10:48,472 faras . How much water we're gonna have 1610 01:10:48,472 --> 01:10:50,417 to advantage . We could do that in 1611 01:10:50,417 --> 01:10:52,528 spring or late winter . We'll keep in 1612 01:10:52,528 --> 01:10:55,680 touch on that , Kate . Thanks , John . 1613 01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:57,680 And if you could keep in touch with 1614 01:10:57,680 --> 01:10:59,510 living Julie gots and live with 1615 01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:01,576 Missouri River counseling myself and 1616 01:11:01,576 --> 01:11:03,576 others , well , we'd be glad to sit 1617 01:11:03,576 --> 01:11:06,760 down . And we need to talk about this 1618 01:11:06,770 --> 01:11:09,510 both long term and also for the year 1619 01:11:09,510 --> 01:11:13,440 2021 on , Addict , You just 1620 01:11:13,450 --> 01:11:15,728 reminded or made me remember something . 1621 01:11:15,728 --> 01:11:19,250 We will start our monthly basic calls 1622 01:11:19,250 --> 01:11:21,860 in January . It should be a good time 1623 01:11:21,870 --> 01:11:24,990 for you or live or someone 1624 01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:28,730 to really engage in those calls . When 1625 01:11:28,730 --> 01:11:30,952 we started toe kind of see how the snow 1626 01:11:30,952 --> 01:11:33,770 is starting to shape up by January 1st . 1627 01:11:33,770 --> 01:11:36,830 We generally have an idea of which way 1628 01:11:36,830 --> 01:11:40,820 we're headed . Unless , uh , March 1 is 1629 01:11:40,820 --> 01:11:43,042 probably March 1 . We really know where 1630 01:11:43,042 --> 01:11:45,209 we're at in January 1 . We're starting 1631 01:11:45,209 --> 01:11:47,098 toe to at least put some educated 1632 01:11:47,098 --> 01:11:49,431 guesses together . Well , thanks , John . 1633 01:11:49,431 --> 01:11:51,600 And if you've got our address or email 1634 01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:54,810 tol with that notification 1635 01:11:54,810 --> 01:11:58,600 out , All right . Thank you , Dick . 1636 01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:00,878 And we do have our contact information . 1637 01:12:00,878 --> 01:12:04,680 Feel free to recount Thio . Uh , any 1638 01:12:04,690 --> 01:12:06,970 final questions or comments ? 1639 01:12:09,850 --> 01:12:11,628 The first set of questions were 1640 01:12:11,628 --> 01:12:14,330 submitted by our website . The first 1641 01:12:14,330 --> 01:12:16,497 question comes from going Would Iowa ? 1642 01:12:17,550 --> 01:12:19,510 Well , the corps of engineers ever 1643 01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:21,730 explained to elected officials and 1644 01:12:21,730 --> 01:12:23,841 residents that attempting to turn the 1645 01:12:23,841 --> 01:12:26,380 Missouri River into a ditch for barges 1646 01:12:26,390 --> 01:12:29,250 has failed economically . And if they 1647 01:12:29,260 --> 01:12:31,300 really want to stop flooding , they 1648 01:12:31,300 --> 01:12:33,411 will have to sacrifice , um , sorting 1649 01:12:33,411 --> 01:12:35,540 for wetlands and stop developing the 1650 01:12:35,540 --> 01:12:39,230 river body . Thank you . Charlie and I 1651 01:12:39,230 --> 01:12:41,440 will address the first half of that 1652 01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:44,220 comment with respect to the economic 1653 01:12:44,220 --> 01:12:46,530 benefits of the Missouri River Bank 1654 01:12:46,530 --> 01:12:49,590 Stabilization Navigation project . The 1655 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:51,767 Corps of Engineers has published those 1656 01:12:51,767 --> 01:12:54,170 benefits a number of times , most 1657 01:12:54,170 --> 01:12:56,392 recently in the Missouri River Recovery 1658 01:12:56,392 --> 01:12:59,740 Program Management plan . Environmental 1659 01:12:59,740 --> 01:13:01,910 impact statement Thes are public 1660 01:13:01,910 --> 01:13:05,510 documents that have been out there for 1661 01:13:05,510 --> 01:13:07,970 some time with respect to the flood . 1662 01:13:07,970 --> 01:13:11,080 And I'm gonna ask , uh um 1663 01:13:11,090 --> 01:13:14,260 uh , Ginger Neiman 1664 01:13:14,270 --> 01:13:17,770 Thio . Answer that question , please , 1665 01:13:17,770 --> 01:13:18,881 Ginger . Go ahead . 1666 01:13:22,450 --> 01:13:25,080 Thanks , John . My name's Ginger Harper 1667 01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:27,247 with the Kansas City District Corps of 1668 01:13:27,247 --> 01:13:29,469 Engineers . As an outreach specialist , 1669 01:13:29,469 --> 01:13:31,940 we do have a couple of ongoing efforts 1670 01:13:31,950 --> 01:13:34,620 with regard to Lower Missouri Base and 1671 01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:37,900 flooding . Um , our first effort is a 1672 01:13:37,910 --> 01:13:40,100 shorter term planning assistance to 1673 01:13:40,100 --> 01:13:42,520 states or P . A s effort with the 1674 01:13:42,530 --> 01:13:45,310 states of Nebraska , Iowa , Kansas and 1675 01:13:45,310 --> 01:13:47,680 Missouri taking a look at some of the 1676 01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:50,820 short term solutions for problem areas 1677 01:13:50,820 --> 01:13:53,850 along the river . The second is a 1678 01:13:53,860 --> 01:13:55,970 longer term general investigation . 1679 01:13:55,980 --> 01:13:58,800 Study , uh , to develop a system plan 1680 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:00,967 for more effective and resilient blood 1681 01:14:00,967 --> 01:14:03,620 risk management along the river . Um , 1682 01:14:03,620 --> 01:14:06,030 that's a longer right now three year 1683 01:14:06,040 --> 01:14:08,760 effort . Um , there is outreach with 1684 01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:11,320 regards to both of these efforts . So 1685 01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:13,460 we would encourage folks who are 1686 01:14:13,460 --> 01:14:15,627 interested to contact their respective 1687 01:14:15,627 --> 01:14:17,682 core district either the Kansas City 1688 01:14:17,682 --> 01:14:20,050 District or the Omaha District on bond . 1689 01:14:20,060 --> 01:14:22,171 Find out how you can provide input to 1690 01:14:22,171 --> 01:14:23,450 those studies over . 1691 01:14:27,140 --> 01:14:29,770 All right . Thank you , Mr . The next 1692 01:14:29,770 --> 01:14:32,550 question comes from Sidney . Montana is 1693 01:14:32,550 --> 01:14:34,717 a two part question . So I'll read the 1694 01:14:34,717 --> 01:14:36,883 first part , will answer it , and then 1695 01:14:36,883 --> 01:14:38,939 I'll move to the second part . First 1696 01:14:38,939 --> 01:14:40,828 part of the question . How can we 1697 01:14:40,828 --> 01:14:42,994 improve the method in which the course 1698 01:14:42,994 --> 01:14:44,939 there's information ? If there's a 1699 01:14:44,939 --> 01:14:46,883 dramatic alteration to river close 1700 01:14:46,883 --> 01:14:49,106 during irrigation season , farmers need 1701 01:14:49,106 --> 01:14:50,828 sufficient notice to make crop 1702 01:14:50,828 --> 01:14:54,100 management decisions . Yes . Eileen , 1703 01:14:54,100 --> 01:14:57,110 this is John Ramos . Um , you know , 1704 01:14:57,110 --> 01:14:59,740 the , uh what constitutes a dramatic 1705 01:14:59,740 --> 01:15:03,220 alteration or what constitutes a 1706 01:15:03,220 --> 01:15:05,560 sufficient notice is ah , a little hard 1707 01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:07,671 to answer here because I imagine that 1708 01:15:07,671 --> 01:15:09,449 would be very site specific and 1709 01:15:09,449 --> 01:15:11,890 probably depended on the flow in the 1710 01:15:11,890 --> 01:15:15,780 river . But having said that , we do 1711 01:15:15,790 --> 01:15:18,500 produce a number of forecast , uh , 1712 01:15:18,510 --> 01:15:21,280 documents . We produce a regulation 1713 01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:23,447 forecast , which is referred to as the 1714 01:15:23,447 --> 01:15:26,790 three week forecast . This forecast is 1715 01:15:26,790 --> 01:15:29,310 produced at least once a week on 1716 01:15:29,310 --> 01:15:32,520 Wednesday and more often if needed on 1717 01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:34,576 at the beginning of each month . And 1718 01:15:34,576 --> 01:15:36,576 that three re forecast forecast the 1719 01:15:36,576 --> 01:15:38,742 releases from each one of our projects 1720 01:15:39,440 --> 01:15:41,496 at the beginning of each month . And 1721 01:15:41,496 --> 01:15:43,551 more often if necessary , we produce 1722 01:15:43,551 --> 01:15:45,662 our monthly studies that forecast the 1723 01:15:45,662 --> 01:15:47,773 average releases for each project for 1724 01:15:47,773 --> 01:15:50,190 the next several months . Well , these 1725 01:15:50,190 --> 01:15:52,134 forecasts can change significantly 1726 01:15:52,134 --> 01:15:54,220 during times of high runoff . The 1727 01:15:54,220 --> 01:15:56,276 changes turning normal or low runoff 1728 01:15:56,276 --> 01:15:58,650 are less dramatic and can be used as a 1729 01:15:58,650 --> 01:16:00,570 reasonable indicator of future 1730 01:16:00,580 --> 01:16:03,650 operations . We also publish a weekly 1731 01:16:03,650 --> 01:16:06,920 update , uh , published every Tuesday , 1732 01:16:06,930 --> 01:16:10,430 that provides a more short term and 1733 01:16:10,430 --> 01:16:14,270 concise UM , outlook 1734 01:16:14,270 --> 01:16:17,790 is to project operations . Have you 1735 01:16:17,790 --> 01:16:20,780 said that the system is a runoff driven 1736 01:16:20,780 --> 01:16:24,400 system ? We , uh , we make our If 1737 01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:26,567 there's a change in the runoff for the 1738 01:16:26,567 --> 01:16:28,511 forecast had run off . This change 1739 01:16:28,511 --> 01:16:30,733 would be reflected in our operations of 1740 01:16:30,733 --> 01:16:32,344 the projects . But there's a 1741 01:16:32,344 --> 01:16:34,460 significant change in the runoff . We 1742 01:16:34,460 --> 01:16:36,627 would update the three week forecast a 1743 01:16:36,627 --> 01:16:39,100 monthly studies accordingly . So I 1744 01:16:39,100 --> 01:16:40,989 would recommend that anybody that 1745 01:16:40,989 --> 01:16:43,100 relies on access to the water monitor 1746 01:16:43,100 --> 01:16:45,720 our website as well as the National 1747 01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:48,840 Weather Service's website for any 1748 01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:51,540 changes were all If we are planning on 1749 01:16:51,540 --> 01:16:53,630 making any significant changes at a 1750 01:16:53,630 --> 01:16:57,390 project or throughout the project , we 1751 01:16:57,390 --> 01:16:59,940 would issue a press release and post to 1752 01:16:59,940 --> 01:17:03,560 social media . Uh , those air 1753 01:17:03,570 --> 01:17:06,250 our current plans . I don't think we , 1754 01:17:06,260 --> 01:17:09,760 uh , uh , change plans . Uh , 1755 01:17:09,770 --> 01:17:12,920 drastically . It's something that we we 1756 01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:15,980 know about , uh quite a bit ahead of 1757 01:17:15,980 --> 01:17:18,380 schedule , unless it's a large 1758 01:17:18,390 --> 01:17:20,640 ideological event that we need to react 1759 01:17:20,640 --> 01:17:22,696 to . And that usually does not cause 1760 01:17:22,696 --> 01:17:25,460 access problems for irrigation . I also 1761 01:17:25,460 --> 01:17:27,250 need to remind everyone that in 1762 01:17:27,250 --> 01:17:29,194 accordance , years does not assure 1763 01:17:29,194 --> 01:17:31,670 access to the water . We do release 1764 01:17:31,670 --> 01:17:34,660 water for purposes downstream , but 1765 01:17:34,660 --> 01:17:36,660 access to the water is the facility 1766 01:17:36,660 --> 01:17:39,030 owner or operators . Um , 1767 01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:42,900 responsibility . It's 1768 01:17:42,900 --> 01:17:44,844 John . Uh , the second part of the 1769 01:17:44,844 --> 01:17:46,900 question . Can Conservation District 1770 01:17:46,900 --> 01:17:48,900 start receiving press releases that 1771 01:17:48,900 --> 01:17:51,340 gets sent from the core way ? Began 1772 01:17:51,350 --> 01:17:53,239 carrying these notices and on our 1773 01:17:53,239 --> 01:17:55,072 network by email and post mail . 1774 01:17:55,072 --> 01:17:57,072 However , we don't always see these 1775 01:17:57,072 --> 01:17:59,128 notifications with enough notice for 1776 01:17:59,128 --> 01:18:01,480 irrigation changes . I'll take that . 1777 01:18:01,480 --> 01:18:03,710 As John mentioned , uh , there are 1778 01:18:03,710 --> 01:18:06,170 changes that occur without a press , 1779 01:18:06,170 --> 01:18:08,170 really . So it is very important to 1780 01:18:08,170 --> 01:18:10,750 watch the website . Um , would you have 1781 01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:14,700 a curated Web app that you can place 1782 01:18:14,700 --> 01:18:16,478 on your smartphone and check it 1783 01:18:16,478 --> 01:18:19,210 regularly ? We have added this 1784 01:18:19,220 --> 01:18:22,630 particular , uh , person to our mailing 1785 01:18:22,630 --> 01:18:24,741 list . If you want to be added to the 1786 01:18:24,741 --> 01:18:26,686 mailing list , just , um , send an 1787 01:18:26,686 --> 01:18:28,852 email by our website or use a Web form 1788 01:18:28,852 --> 01:18:30,797 to submit your email address , and 1789 01:18:30,797 --> 01:18:33,130 we'll get you added to the mailing list . 1790 01:18:33,130 --> 01:18:35,870 We typically send one email a month or 1791 01:18:35,880 --> 01:18:38,158 more frequently if there are , suggest , 1792 01:18:38,158 --> 01:18:41,370 get released changes . Um , but we do 1793 01:18:41,370 --> 01:18:43,481 ask that you also monitor the website 1794 01:18:43,481 --> 01:18:46,570 closely . Another question from the 1795 01:18:46,580 --> 01:18:49,930 Internet . It's in multiple parts , 1796 01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:53,750 so it is also from 1797 01:18:53,760 --> 01:18:56,950 Montana , and our closest 1798 01:18:57,820 --> 01:18:59,764 just read the first one . Just the 1799 01:18:59,764 --> 01:19:01,987 first . Carly questions . More soybeans 1800 01:19:01,987 --> 01:19:03,987 are being grown in the area , which 1801 01:19:03,987 --> 01:19:06,042 farmers don't begin irrigating until 1802 01:19:06,042 --> 01:19:08,209 July . That early irrigation window is 1803 01:19:08,209 --> 01:19:10,370 essential for other crops like sugar 1804 01:19:10,370 --> 01:19:12,690 beets and alfalfa to July September . 1805 01:19:12,700 --> 01:19:15,420 Time frame is important as well . 1806 01:19:15,440 --> 01:19:17,607 Farmers always need stability in their 1807 01:19:17,607 --> 01:19:19,662 water supply , But this three months 1808 01:19:19,662 --> 01:19:21,718 period is especially critical , with 1809 01:19:21,718 --> 01:19:23,829 precipitation is low and temperatures 1810 01:19:23,829 --> 01:19:26,051 air high . How can we avoid maintenance 1811 01:19:26,051 --> 01:19:28,460 and testing that hinders farmers access 1812 01:19:28,470 --> 01:19:30,303 toe water ? And during the prime 1813 01:19:30,303 --> 01:19:33,660 irrigation season , mhm all , uh , 1814 01:19:33,670 --> 01:19:36,040 attempted and so that the main is 1815 01:19:36,040 --> 01:19:39,530 suggesting that we experienced in 2020 1816 01:19:39,530 --> 01:19:41,740 hair was really an unusual event . 1817 01:19:41,750 --> 01:19:45,420 Usually the maintenance is scheduled so 1818 01:19:45,420 --> 01:19:47,309 that we still have the ability to 1819 01:19:47,309 --> 01:19:49,309 release the those we need to in the 1820 01:19:49,309 --> 01:19:51,476 summer time this was kind of a one off 1821 01:19:51,476 --> 01:19:54,500 based on some unusual circumstances , 1822 01:19:54,500 --> 01:19:57,580 according Pack . Have you said that is ? 1823 01:19:57,590 --> 01:19:59,890 We said earlier today . Thes projects 1824 01:19:59,890 --> 01:20:02,223 are old and sometimes things break down . 1825 01:20:02,223 --> 01:20:05,600 But generally way look to do the 1826 01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:08,360 maintenance on our projects . Uh , in 1827 01:20:08,360 --> 01:20:12,040 times when we don't need to use the the 1828 01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:15,210 powerhouse for releases , so it's kind 1829 01:20:15,210 --> 01:20:18,010 of one . Often we will take that under 1830 01:20:18,010 --> 01:20:18,740 advisement . 1831 01:20:22,210 --> 01:20:24,510 Has the next part of that question the 1832 01:20:24,510 --> 01:20:26,420 court has an obligation to supply 1833 01:20:26,420 --> 01:20:28,642 sufficient volumes of slow required for 1834 01:20:28,642 --> 01:20:30,864 irrigation diversions from the Missouri 1835 01:20:30,864 --> 01:20:32,960 River . However , when releases were 1836 01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:35,170 dropped from were dropped in the river 1837 01:20:35,170 --> 01:20:38,420 level , we were dropped approximately 8 1838 01:20:38,420 --> 01:20:40,940 to 9000 CFS in the river level of many 1839 01:20:40,940 --> 01:20:43,530 irrigators out of water . This last 1840 01:20:43,530 --> 01:20:45,697 irrigation season , the court took the 1841 01:20:45,697 --> 01:20:47,641 position that there was sufficient 1842 01:20:47,641 --> 01:20:49,808 water in a river and it was simply the 1843 01:20:49,808 --> 01:20:51,863 farmers responsibility to access the 1844 01:20:51,863 --> 01:20:53,808 water . However , in many of these 1845 01:20:53,808 --> 01:20:55,910 scenarios , accessing water required 1846 01:20:55,910 --> 01:20:58,140 expensive dreaded a timely job and 1847 01:20:58,140 --> 01:21:00,196 there is only one dress to be shared 1848 01:21:00,196 --> 01:21:03,040 among 100 irrigators . This place the 1849 01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:05,720 other 99 irrigators to use alternative 1850 01:21:06,310 --> 01:21:08,390 France work using heavy machinery , 1851 01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:10,289 dangerous and not environmentally 1852 01:21:10,289 --> 01:21:12,700 friendly often . Likewise , this work 1853 01:21:12,700 --> 01:21:14,830 should require 3 10 permit from their 1854 01:21:14,830 --> 01:21:17,430 local conservation district and permits 1855 01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:19,440 from the Corps of Engineers , which 1856 01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:21,329 would likely pay 2 to 4 months to 1857 01:21:21,329 --> 01:21:23,329 receive . If the point of diversion 1858 01:21:23,329 --> 01:21:25,218 needs to be moved or another pump 1859 01:21:25,410 --> 01:21:27,354 publicized buying the Bolognese to 1860 01:21:27,354 --> 01:21:29,610 accommodate an inoperable pumps place 1861 01:21:29,610 --> 01:21:32,460 of use , it could require a change in 1862 01:21:32,460 --> 01:21:34,238 water right through the Montana 1863 01:21:34,238 --> 01:21:36,238 Department of Natural Resources and 1864 01:21:36,238 --> 01:21:38,490 Conservation . By encouraging farmers 1865 01:21:38,500 --> 01:21:40,730 to simply access the water , the court 1866 01:21:40,730 --> 01:21:42,786 is encouraging . Farmers sidestepped 1867 01:21:42,786 --> 01:21:44,952 the permitting and water right process 1868 01:21:44,952 --> 01:21:47,430 and use means that do not benefit the 1869 01:21:47,430 --> 01:21:49,450 river happen . We prevent these 1870 01:21:49,460 --> 01:21:51,738 scenarios from occurring in the future . 1871 01:21:51,738 --> 01:21:54,410 Do we need to define the sufficient 1872 01:21:54,410 --> 01:21:57,750 volume of fluff ? Okay , three 1873 01:21:57,750 --> 01:22:00,340 questions . There are three comments . 1874 01:22:00,340 --> 01:22:02,451 First , we're not encouraging anybody 1875 01:22:02,451 --> 01:22:06,040 to sidestep any regulations . Um , at 1876 01:22:06,040 --> 01:22:09,960 all . So I think that knowing that you 1877 01:22:09,960 --> 01:22:12,440 have , ah , 100 pumps and that may be 1878 01:22:12,520 --> 01:22:14,340 100 pumps are gonna have access 1879 01:22:14,340 --> 01:22:17,120 problems . There's gonna be so maybe , 1880 01:22:17,130 --> 01:22:19,930 uh , work . It could be done on the 1881 01:22:19,930 --> 01:22:22,097 regulatory side well ahead of time and 1882 01:22:22,097 --> 01:22:24,374 anticipation of having to do something . 1883 01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:28,220 Um , how can we prevent these scenarios 1884 01:22:28,220 --> 01:22:30,276 from Korean in the future again that 1885 01:22:30,276 --> 01:22:32,780 this kind of pre planning , uh , there 1886 01:22:32,780 --> 01:22:36,370 is only so much water in the 1887 01:22:36,370 --> 01:22:38,580 system , So there will be times during 1888 01:22:38,580 --> 01:22:40,747 times of low run off where we have low 1889 01:22:40,747 --> 01:22:42,802 releases . That's , uh , that's just 1890 01:22:42,802 --> 01:22:46,660 how the system works . Do we need to 1891 01:22:46,660 --> 01:22:49,300 define a sufficient volume of flow ? 1892 01:22:49,310 --> 01:22:52,530 Well , that is also something that , 1893 01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:56,430 through ah , lot of input 1894 01:22:56,800 --> 01:23:00,650 was developed . Our rule curves 1895 01:23:00,660 --> 01:23:02,870 were developed with public input . If 1896 01:23:02,870 --> 01:23:05,110 we want to go back and redefine those , 1897 01:23:05,110 --> 01:23:07,490 we could talk about that , but it still 1898 01:23:07,490 --> 01:23:09,434 gets down to it . Was there enough 1899 01:23:09,434 --> 01:23:11,657 water in the river for irrigation ? And 1900 01:23:11,657 --> 01:23:13,601 the answer is yes , I'm not sure . 1901 01:23:13,601 --> 01:23:15,680 Putting more water down the river is 1902 01:23:15,680 --> 01:23:18,170 going to solve the problem long term so 1903 01:23:18,180 --> 01:23:21,260 we could talk about that , all right . 1904 01:23:21,260 --> 01:23:23,149 And then the final question River 1905 01:23:23,149 --> 01:23:24,871 releases are being cultured to 1906 01:23:24,871 --> 01:23:27,120 accommodate hydropower needs . Why can 1907 01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:29,340 they not be authored for irrigation ? 1908 01:23:30,100 --> 01:23:33,910 Another purpose of the desk ways , 1909 01:23:33,910 --> 01:23:36,010 Kevin Grody pointed out in his first 1910 01:23:36,010 --> 01:23:38,050 slide way , have eight authorized 1911 01:23:38,060 --> 01:23:40,393 purposes . But there are three purposes . 1912 01:23:40,393 --> 01:23:42,970 We're kind of on top and we are in a 1913 01:23:42,970 --> 01:23:45,830 either a flood evacuation mode , which 1914 01:23:45,830 --> 01:23:48,560 we had been in since March of 2018 1915 01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:51,710 until earlier this summer , where we 1916 01:23:51,710 --> 01:23:55,180 are in a a operational mode to meet 1917 01:23:55,190 --> 01:23:58,120 flow targets , we , on a daily basis 1918 01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:00,120 determine how much water to release 1919 01:24:00,120 --> 01:24:03,080 makes one of the projects . Um , now 1920 01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:05,680 the the Western Area Power 1921 01:24:05,680 --> 01:24:08,430 Administration can shape some of those 1922 01:24:08,430 --> 01:24:10,708 hydra grass a little bit within reason . 1923 01:24:10,708 --> 01:24:13,630 But hydropower kind guess what they get . 1924 01:24:14,090 --> 01:24:17,570 Um , from the release of the water , we 1925 01:24:17,570 --> 01:24:20,060 don't , uh , release more water for 1926 01:24:20,060 --> 01:24:22,050 hydropower than we would release . 1927 01:24:22,060 --> 01:24:24,770 Otherwise , it's still a runoff driven 1928 01:24:24,770 --> 01:24:28,570 system . Okay , so 1929 01:24:28,580 --> 01:24:31,430 that concludes the questions that were 1930 01:24:31,430 --> 01:24:33,597 received by our website . I'm going to 1931 01:24:33,597 --> 01:24:35,652 move to the questions that have been 1932 01:24:35,652 --> 01:24:37,708 submitted thus far using the webinar 1933 01:24:37,708 --> 01:24:39,630 Jack function , I have to . 1934 01:24:41,790 --> 01:24:45,530 The first question comes from 1935 01:24:47,090 --> 01:24:49,146 Responsible River Management and the 1936 01:24:49,146 --> 01:24:51,368 Coalition to Protect the Missouri River 1937 01:24:51,490 --> 01:24:55,010 in 2018 and 2019 . The Coalition to 1938 01:24:55,010 --> 01:24:57,232 Protect the Missouri River respectively 1939 01:24:57,232 --> 01:25:00,210 requested cutbacks it releases to aid 1940 01:25:00,210 --> 01:25:02,420 interior drainage and lovey rehab . 1941 01:25:03,090 --> 01:25:05,560 Those requests were both denied due to 1942 01:25:05,560 --> 01:25:07,782 concerns about carry over into the next 1943 01:25:07,782 --> 01:25:10,190 year . Now we have low water and 1944 01:25:10,190 --> 01:25:13,270 navigation problems . How do we do a 1945 01:25:13,270 --> 01:25:15,470 better job in managing flows for the 1946 01:25:15,480 --> 01:25:18,820 people that live and work alongside or 1947 01:25:18,820 --> 01:25:22,500 directly on the river . Thanks for the 1948 01:25:22,500 --> 01:25:25,830 question . Uh , the system is a runoff 1949 01:25:25,830 --> 01:25:27,830 driven system that's operated on an 1950 01:25:27,830 --> 01:25:29,941 annual basis , and what that means is 1951 01:25:30,190 --> 01:25:32,301 we did not carry floodwater over from 1952 01:25:32,301 --> 01:25:34,357 year to year , the question has been 1953 01:25:34,357 --> 01:25:36,523 asked several times . Well , can't you 1954 01:25:36,523 --> 01:25:39,220 anticipate , uh , dry year or a wet 1955 01:25:39,220 --> 01:25:42,150 year and make adjustments ? The system ? 1956 01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:44,410 Uh , if we were going to do that and 1957 01:25:44,410 --> 01:25:46,930 let's say we we anticipated a wet year , 1958 01:25:46,940 --> 01:25:49,340 we would need to know that , really , 1959 01:25:49,340 --> 01:25:52,440 in July of the previous year so that we 1960 01:25:52,440 --> 01:25:54,551 could empty that water and empty that 1961 01:25:54,551 --> 01:25:56,920 space in the reservoirs . Conversely , 1962 01:25:56,920 --> 01:25:59,031 if we knew we were going to go into a 1963 01:25:59,031 --> 01:26:01,198 dry year , we would need to build that 1964 01:26:01,198 --> 01:26:01,120 well in advance so we could start 1965 01:26:01,120 --> 01:26:04,880 conserving water in a year after the 1966 01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:08,300 2011 flood . One of the out one of the 1967 01:26:08,300 --> 01:26:10,510 outcomes of that waas , a study that 1968 01:26:10,510 --> 01:26:13,790 the Corbyn's years worked with the 1969 01:26:13,900 --> 01:26:17,340 Noah on to determine whether or not we 1970 01:26:17,340 --> 01:26:19,570 had a skill level that would allow us 1971 01:26:19,570 --> 01:26:22,360 to do something like that with the 1972 01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:24,760 sufficient reliability and the answer . 1973 01:26:24,760 --> 01:26:26,593 That question was , there is not 1974 01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:30,300 sufficient skill level to predict 1975 01:26:30,780 --> 01:26:34,000 the the switch from elect to a dry year 1976 01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:36,210 or went from a dry cycle with enough 1977 01:26:36,210 --> 01:26:40,100 certainty and enough lead time to make 1978 01:26:40,100 --> 01:26:42,211 those adjustments to the river to the 1979 01:26:42,211 --> 01:26:45,500 reservoir storage , uh , system . So 1980 01:26:46,080 --> 01:26:49,080 that z where it stands . So we did ask 1981 01:26:49,090 --> 01:26:52,000 no again about a year ago , 1982 01:26:52,580 --> 01:26:55,670 uh , whether or not things have changed 1983 01:26:55,670 --> 01:26:57,837 or whether or not they thought that we 1984 01:26:57,837 --> 01:27:00,960 newme or , uh , the answer was they 1985 01:27:00,960 --> 01:27:03,127 didn't think so . But we are exploring 1986 01:27:03,127 --> 01:27:05,182 that . We're not giving up on that , 1987 01:27:05,182 --> 01:27:08,280 but we're just not there yet from a 1988 01:27:08,290 --> 01:27:11,340 ability to predict runoff far enough in 1989 01:27:11,340 --> 01:27:14,400 advance with enough reliability to do 1990 01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:18,130 that . Uh huh . The next 1991 01:27:18,130 --> 01:27:20,450 question submitted by a chat , I 1992 01:27:20,460 --> 01:27:22,910 presume it relates Thio the Lower 1993 01:27:22,910 --> 01:27:25,132 Missouri River . The question is , once 1994 01:27:25,132 --> 01:27:27,840 the releases are reduced to 17,000 1995 01:27:27,850 --> 01:27:30,860 cubic feet per second , how much do we 1996 01:27:30,860 --> 01:27:33,550 anticipate the river states to drop on 1997 01:27:33,550 --> 01:27:35,810 average between Kansas City and ST 1998 01:27:35,810 --> 01:27:36,310 Louis ? 1999 01:27:42,980 --> 01:27:46,910 Um , that would really depend on the 2000 01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:48,976 trip to you pick up . I don't know . 2001 01:27:48,976 --> 01:27:50,976 Kevin Lau . Do you have a sense for 2002 01:27:50,976 --> 01:27:52,920 that ? Would , uh , basically that 2003 01:27:52,920 --> 01:27:56,190 would be 17,000 cfs drop roughly from 2004 01:27:56,190 --> 01:27:59,990 what we're doing now . So that's 2005 01:28:00,370 --> 01:28:02,800 to p 3 ft . Kind of depends . 2006 01:28:03,770 --> 01:28:06,680 Yeah . Can you go to the question ? 2007 01:28:06,680 --> 01:28:08,291 I'll look it up real quick . 2008 01:28:11,370 --> 01:28:13,330 Uh , that is the last of the chat 2009 01:28:13,330 --> 01:28:15,497 questions that we have at the moment . 2010 01:28:15,497 --> 01:28:18,970 Um , I'm gonna go ahead and open up the 2011 01:28:18,970 --> 01:28:22,480 line Thio collars . And when you get 2012 01:28:22,480 --> 01:28:24,647 back to that question , Kevin , let us 2013 01:28:24,647 --> 01:28:24,510 know 2014 01:28:29,570 --> 01:28:30,570 thinking about 2015 01:28:36,470 --> 01:28:40,070 okay , so to move , Thio the question 2016 01:28:40,070 --> 01:28:42,780 and answer session from colors I'm 2017 01:28:42,780 --> 01:28:44,970 gonna ask you , Thio , wait until your 2018 01:28:44,970 --> 01:28:46,859 status called . We're gonna go in 2019 01:28:46,859 --> 01:28:49,270 alphabetical order by state toe . Onion 2020 01:28:49,270 --> 01:28:51,720 Airline to ask a question . Press star 2021 01:28:51,730 --> 01:28:55,060 six . When you're finished . After your 2022 01:28:55,060 --> 01:28:57,860 question , please music your line again 2023 01:28:57,860 --> 01:29:00,410 Using your phone phone . New function , 2024 01:29:01,370 --> 01:29:03,481 please be sure to state your name and 2025 01:29:03,481 --> 01:29:05,370 organization you represent before 2026 01:29:05,370 --> 01:29:07,880 asking your questions . I'm gonna go in 2027 01:29:07,880 --> 01:29:11,020 alphabetical order by state . Start 2028 01:29:11,020 --> 01:29:12,590 with the state of Iowa . 2029 01:29:20,070 --> 01:29:22,070 You may need to If you're using the 2030 01:29:22,070 --> 01:29:24,292 webinar , you may need to amuse on your 2031 01:29:24,292 --> 01:29:26,292 computer as well as on your phone . 2032 01:29:29,570 --> 01:29:31,010 Hey , State of Kansas 2033 01:29:38,570 --> 01:29:40,010 start six toe unused 2034 01:29:43,870 --> 01:29:44,680 Missouri 2035 01:29:54,370 --> 01:29:55,390 Montana 2036 01:30:03,560 --> 01:30:06,800 again start six a music Nebraska , 2037 01:30:08,060 --> 01:30:11,950 Can you hear me ? Way 2038 01:30:11,960 --> 01:30:14,350 um , would someone be able to give us 2039 01:30:14,350 --> 01:30:17,090 up update on the , 2040 01:30:18,460 --> 01:30:20,720 um , levee repairs in the navigation 2041 01:30:20,720 --> 01:30:22,940 system repairs . And then a quick 2042 01:30:22,940 --> 01:30:25,150 question for Kevin Lau is checking on 2043 01:30:25,150 --> 01:30:27,490 something else there . Um , 2044 01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:31,150 with the bright conditions , Do you 2045 01:30:31,150 --> 01:30:33,206 have a sense of how many years since 2046 01:30:33,206 --> 01:30:35,450 we've got into winner in this good a 2047 01:30:35,450 --> 01:30:37,990 shape in terms of spring flooding ? But 2048 01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:40,278 that's just it . He has it . That's it . 2049 01:30:40,278 --> 01:30:44,230 Thank you . Okay , 2050 01:30:44,240 --> 01:30:46,500 we'll start . Matt Kratz Key . Can you 2051 01:30:46,500 --> 01:30:48,720 provide an update on levees in the 2052 01:30:48,720 --> 01:30:49,680 Omaha area ? 2053 01:30:57,660 --> 01:31:00,320 Matt ? Crafty menu . Thio , start six 2054 01:31:00,330 --> 01:31:04,000 amuse . Hey , highly , this is Matt . 2055 01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,990 Can you hear me ? Yeah . Okay . 2056 01:31:08,000 --> 01:31:10,690 I'm gonna see if Jeff Balkan is on the 2057 01:31:10,690 --> 01:31:13,200 head of our systems restoration team . 2058 01:31:13,660 --> 01:31:17,390 Jeff , are you on ? Yeah . 2059 01:31:18,660 --> 01:31:22,480 You hear me ? Yeah . So I'm gonna let 2060 01:31:22,480 --> 01:31:24,840 Jeff go ahead and give an update on 2061 01:31:24,850 --> 01:31:28,510 Levy . Uh , the progress on the levees , 2062 01:31:28,510 --> 01:31:31,880 if you would please . Just Yeah . So , 2063 01:31:31,890 --> 01:31:34,150 like Matt said , I'm Jeff broken on the 2064 01:31:34,150 --> 01:31:36,490 chief of our systems restoration team , 2065 01:31:36,860 --> 01:31:39,027 which is the team set up following the 2066 01:31:39,027 --> 01:31:42,380 2019 floods to restore the system 2067 01:31:42,860 --> 01:31:45,320 eso where we're at , we remain on 2068 01:31:45,320 --> 01:31:47,431 schedule with having all of the levee 2069 01:31:47,431 --> 01:31:49,650 systems at full height and advanced 2070 01:31:49,650 --> 01:31:52,150 this upcoming flood season , there will 2071 01:31:52,150 --> 01:31:54,317 still be some repair efforts , such as 2072 01:31:54,317 --> 01:31:56,150 working on seepage firms , final 2073 01:31:56,150 --> 01:31:58,370 grading , those kind of efforts going 2074 01:31:58,380 --> 01:32:01,780 on throughout 2021 . Um 2075 01:32:02,150 --> 01:32:04,510 uh , And until we finalize all those 2076 01:32:04,510 --> 01:32:06,732 repairs , we're gonna have a heightened 2077 01:32:06,732 --> 01:32:08,788 level of risk out there on the levee 2078 01:32:08,788 --> 01:32:10,899 systems . But we will continue , like 2079 01:32:10,899 --> 01:32:13,010 we have been to monitor the status of 2080 01:32:13,010 --> 01:32:15,066 the levees . And if for any need any 2081 01:32:15,066 --> 01:32:17,121 reason we would need to respond , we 2082 01:32:17,121 --> 01:32:16,770 would have the appropriate flood 2083 01:32:16,770 --> 01:32:19,230 fighting activities . So hopefully that 2084 01:32:19,230 --> 01:32:21,580 gets to the answer . The question there . 2085 01:32:24,350 --> 01:32:27,430 Thanks . Just but Mike doing ? Can you 2086 01:32:27,430 --> 01:32:29,380 provide an update on Kansas City ? 2087 01:32:32,250 --> 01:32:35,850 Yeah . You got me . Really ? Yes . Okay . 2088 01:32:35,850 --> 01:32:38,017 Yeah . So , overall , in Kansas City , 2089 01:32:38,017 --> 01:32:40,128 given the extent of the damage is and 2090 01:32:40,128 --> 01:32:42,294 the magnitude of damages from the 2019 2091 01:32:42,294 --> 01:32:44,350 blood , we're actually making pretty 2092 01:32:44,350 --> 01:32:47,780 good progress . We're about 40% 2093 01:32:47,790 --> 01:32:50,590 overall , complete with love 2094 01:32:50,590 --> 01:32:53,710 rehabilitation . We're on pace right 2095 01:32:53,710 --> 01:32:57,220 now to be somewhere between 85 90% 2096 01:32:57,220 --> 01:32:59,990 complete with construction going into 2097 01:32:59,990 --> 01:33:02,680 the spring of 2021 . There will be a 2098 01:33:02,680 --> 01:33:05,350 couple outliers out there that could 2099 01:33:05,350 --> 01:33:07,440 potentially not have full level of 2100 01:33:07,440 --> 01:33:10,090 protection restored by next spring . 2101 01:33:10,650 --> 01:33:12,830 That's whole county number nine , Hole 2102 01:33:12,830 --> 01:33:16,150 10 and Rushville Sugar Lake , all the 2103 01:33:16,150 --> 01:33:18,317 Missouri side . Those two whole county 2104 01:33:18,317 --> 01:33:20,372 levies . Obviously , they're in Hall 2105 01:33:20,372 --> 01:33:22,261 County . The other ones split the 2106 01:33:22,261 --> 01:33:24,206 border between Buchanan and Platte 2107 01:33:24,206 --> 01:33:26,440 County . Now that being said , whole 2108 01:33:26,440 --> 01:33:29,400 Tin was just recently awarded for 2109 01:33:29,400 --> 01:33:32,150 contract eso . There is the possibility 2110 01:33:32,150 --> 01:33:33,983 that one could have the breaches 2111 01:33:33,983 --> 01:33:36,730 restored in time for spring and then 2112 01:33:36,740 --> 01:33:38,684 similar situation with Rushville , 2113 01:33:38,684 --> 01:33:41,160 Sugar Lake and hold them or nine . Our 2114 01:33:41,160 --> 01:33:43,160 team is working real estate waivers 2115 01:33:43,160 --> 01:33:45,104 right now , for those is the levee 2116 01:33:45,104 --> 01:33:47,104 district tries to acquire the final 2117 01:33:47,104 --> 01:33:49,216 piece of real estate for us to go out 2118 01:33:49,216 --> 01:33:48,490 there and be able to be good 2119 01:33:48,490 --> 01:33:50,546 construction . But we'd like to have 2120 01:33:50,546 --> 01:33:52,434 those awarded , uh , mid November 2121 01:33:52,750 --> 01:33:54,950 Excuse me , advertised by mid November 2122 01:33:54,950 --> 01:33:57,172 so we could start construction on after 2123 01:33:57,172 --> 01:33:59,172 award once we get those real estate 2124 01:33:59,172 --> 01:34:01,061 search . So overall we're looking 2125 01:34:01,061 --> 01:34:04,970 pretty good . Um , we serve out 30 2126 01:34:04,980 --> 01:34:07,540 little over $30 million in construction 2127 01:34:07,540 --> 01:34:09,870 efforts so far on Levy rehabilitation 2128 01:34:10,340 --> 01:34:13,490 and are working estimate right now , 2129 01:34:13,500 --> 01:34:16,090 probably going to come in or around $42 2130 01:34:16,090 --> 01:34:18,257 million when it's all said and done to 2131 01:34:18,257 --> 01:34:20,368 repair everything from a construction 2132 01:34:20,368 --> 01:34:24,330 standpoint . Right . Thank you , 2133 01:34:24,330 --> 01:34:27,940 Mike . Um , James . Rudy , can you take 2134 01:34:27,950 --> 01:34:30,110 the question related Thio navigation 2135 01:34:30,110 --> 01:34:32,470 repairs in Kansas City District 2136 01:34:33,940 --> 01:34:35,170 Start fixed values . 2137 01:34:43,740 --> 01:34:47,180 How can you hear me ? Yes , go ahead . 2138 01:34:48,640 --> 01:34:51,020 Yeah . So this is James Rudy with the 2139 01:34:51,030 --> 01:34:53,780 fancy District Corps of Engineers . Um , 2140 01:34:53,790 --> 01:34:57,460 Kathy District has received , uh , 2141 01:34:57,470 --> 01:35:00,850 supplemental funds of about $20 million 2142 01:35:00,850 --> 01:35:03,590 to work on repair of the structures on 2143 01:35:03,590 --> 01:35:06,180 the Missouri River . That is less than 2144 01:35:06,190 --> 01:35:09,360 we had requested . It will do 2145 01:35:09,940 --> 01:35:12,840 repairs to the most critical features , 2146 01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:15,280 but will not get them all completed . 2147 01:35:15,740 --> 01:35:19,230 Um , we're working at somebody . Most 2148 01:35:19,570 --> 01:35:21,570 damaged locations right now . Those 2149 01:35:21,570 --> 01:35:24,370 include cranberry band 2150 01:35:24,740 --> 01:35:28,440 and Temple Band and 2151 01:35:28,450 --> 01:35:31,070 Bend the River Mile 90 and some work 2152 01:35:31,070 --> 01:35:34,600 down at mile 24 . We will continue 2153 01:35:34,600 --> 01:35:37,480 to execute those as long as river 2154 01:35:37,480 --> 01:35:40,220 conditions allow . If we have to pause 2155 01:35:40,220 --> 01:35:42,490 over the winter , do the river levels . 2156 01:35:42,500 --> 01:35:44,900 We will continue efforts with the fund 2157 01:35:44,900 --> 01:35:47,067 that we have available come the spring 2158 01:35:47,840 --> 01:35:51,530 over . All right . Thank you , James . 2159 01:35:51,540 --> 01:35:53,870 And they subject can you provide an 2160 01:35:53,870 --> 01:35:55,870 update on navigation repairs in the 2161 01:35:55,870 --> 01:35:56,870 Omaha district ? 2162 01:36:04,130 --> 01:36:06,960 Start fix the amuse . They subject 2163 01:36:10,130 --> 01:36:12,680 island , Can you hear me sure can go 2164 01:36:12,680 --> 01:36:16,340 ahead . Mhm . This is Dave . Subject , 2165 01:36:16,350 --> 01:36:18,406 Missouri River Project office in the 2166 01:36:18,406 --> 01:36:20,180 Omaha District Court Engineers 2167 01:36:20,180 --> 01:36:23,560 Operations . Um , we have 2168 01:36:24,330 --> 01:36:27,230 completed five repair contracts , uh , 2169 01:36:27,240 --> 01:36:30,310 today totaling about six million . We 2170 01:36:30,310 --> 01:36:32,143 currently have four contracts in 2171 01:36:32,143 --> 01:36:34,820 progress . The value of those contracts 2172 01:36:34,820 --> 01:36:36,770 are about 20 million . Similar to 2173 01:36:36,770 --> 01:36:40,380 Kansas City IT Z . It's about 20 to 2174 01:36:40,380 --> 01:36:44,220 30% of our total need . Um , we didn't 2175 01:36:44,230 --> 01:36:46,770 get the full request , and and we do 2176 01:36:46,780 --> 01:36:49,002 think this is gonna take a while to get 2177 01:36:49,002 --> 01:36:51,250 all the repairs completed . The current 2178 01:36:51,250 --> 01:36:53,570 contracts we have going on , we'll be 2179 01:36:53,580 --> 01:36:55,691 running through the bulk of next year 2180 01:36:55,691 --> 01:36:58,480 and even the following season . Right 2181 01:36:58,480 --> 01:37:01,800 now , we have no restrictions anywhere 2182 01:37:01,810 --> 01:37:05,720 above Rouleau . But we do have quite a 2183 01:37:05,720 --> 01:37:07,720 few surveys going on to monitor the 2184 01:37:07,720 --> 01:37:11,200 channel conditions . Um , so I 2185 01:37:11,200 --> 01:37:14,750 have All right . Thank you , Dave . 2186 01:37:15,530 --> 01:37:18,400 And it looks like Kevin Lau is back . 2187 01:37:18,410 --> 01:37:21,580 Um , Nancy , can you restate your 2188 01:37:21,590 --> 01:37:23,960 question for Kevin loud , please ? 2189 01:37:25,430 --> 01:37:28,850 Yeah . Um , we went into a back corner , 2190 01:37:29,930 --> 01:37:32,150 wet , and I think it went into the 2191 01:37:32,150 --> 01:37:35,760 previous winner . Wet has it . 2192 01:37:35,770 --> 01:37:37,937 Is Kevin happen to know off the top of 2193 01:37:37,937 --> 01:37:39,937 the head how long ? It's been since 2194 01:37:39,937 --> 01:37:43,920 we've gone into winter , um , with dry 2195 01:37:43,920 --> 01:37:46,520 conditions that bode well , so to speak , 2196 01:37:46,520 --> 01:37:48,960 for the spring flood conditions . But 2197 01:37:48,960 --> 01:37:51,016 that's the only he knows . Not a big 2198 01:37:51,016 --> 01:37:53,940 deal . Thank you . Uh huh . Okay . Can 2199 01:37:53,940 --> 01:37:56,570 you hear me ? Yeah . 2200 01:37:57,530 --> 01:37:59,980 Okay . Nancy , Thanks for the question . 2201 01:37:59,990 --> 01:38:03,050 I don't know . Off the top of my head , 2202 01:38:03,620 --> 01:38:06,480 when we went into a spring or winter 2203 01:38:06,480 --> 01:38:09,460 dry , I'm gonna pass the buck to Doug . 2204 01:38:09,470 --> 01:38:10,748 Doug , do you remember 2205 01:38:13,920 --> 01:38:16,142 passing the You know , passing the buck 2206 01:38:16,142 --> 01:38:19,510 to me is always dangerous . Um , so 2207 01:38:19,510 --> 01:38:22,220 it's been a while , Nancy , because if 2208 01:38:22,220 --> 01:38:24,990 you remember 17 and 18 , 18 was 2209 01:38:24,990 --> 01:38:28,960 incredibly wet and obviously 18 in the 2210 01:38:28,960 --> 01:38:30,030 19 was wet , 2211 01:38:33,920 --> 01:38:36,190 you know , basin wide . We're pretty 2212 01:38:36,190 --> 01:38:40,170 darn dry . Um , you 2213 01:38:40,170 --> 01:38:44,120 know , I'm going to guess 20 14 2013 . 2214 01:38:44,120 --> 01:38:46,064 Maybe it was something like that , 2215 01:38:46,220 --> 01:38:49,430 because 2012 was incredibly dry as well 2216 01:38:49,440 --> 01:38:51,630 across the basin . But that was record 2217 01:38:51,630 --> 01:38:53,980 dry . We're not there . Have been close 2218 01:38:53,980 --> 01:38:56,350 to that . So don't don't compare 2012 , 2219 01:38:56,360 --> 01:38:58,650 But I would say a couple of years after 2220 01:38:58,650 --> 01:39:01,550 that , we were still sort of dry . I'll 2221 01:39:01,550 --> 01:39:03,383 take anybody's opinion . This my 2222 01:39:03,383 --> 01:39:07,300 nonscientific guests . I could look it 2223 01:39:07,300 --> 01:39:10,120 up tomorrow or get a clue about that 2224 01:39:10,120 --> 01:39:12,400 tomorrow if you want . Thank you very 2225 01:39:12,400 --> 01:39:14,567 much . A little unfair to spring it on 2226 01:39:14,567 --> 01:39:18,200 you . So I appreciate it . Okay . And 2227 01:39:18,200 --> 01:39:20,200 then , Kevin , why you want to take 2228 01:39:20,200 --> 01:39:22,367 that last question that you went to go 2229 01:39:22,367 --> 01:39:25,240 look up the answer to ? Sure . Yeah . 2230 01:39:25,250 --> 01:39:27,306 Now that I have an answer to I guess 2231 01:39:27,306 --> 01:39:31,170 eso um if we if Gavin's goes 2232 01:39:31,170 --> 01:39:33,880 down to 17 , I would expect that the 2233 01:39:33,880 --> 01:39:36,860 river from ST Joe down to Kansas City 2234 01:39:36,870 --> 01:39:39,800 would drop about 4 ft . Something like 2235 01:39:39,800 --> 01:39:43,160 that . But 2236 01:39:43,520 --> 01:39:47,060 you know , the one thing the one thing 2237 01:39:47,060 --> 01:39:49,800 you might do is pull up the Kevin grow 2238 01:39:49,800 --> 01:39:52,200 These , uh , chart of runoff for the 2239 01:39:52,200 --> 01:39:54,367 basin over the last . Whatever it is . 2240 01:39:54,367 --> 01:39:56,589 50 years or 100 years . Whatever he had 2241 01:39:56,589 --> 01:39:58,533 there , um , that may show some of 2242 01:39:58,533 --> 01:40:00,960 those years just in runoff flow for the 2243 01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:03,970 entire year . May give us some clue on 2244 01:40:03,970 --> 01:40:07,490 when the last , you know , time was and 2245 01:40:07,490 --> 01:40:10,040 you could see 2012 is a pretty low year 2246 01:40:10,040 --> 01:40:13,740 in the blue there . Um , yeah , it's 2247 01:40:13,740 --> 01:40:17,000 been a while . I'll just say that based 2248 01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:20,060 on this chart right here . All right . 2249 01:40:20,070 --> 01:40:22,900 Thank you . Job . Right . Any more 2250 01:40:22,900 --> 01:40:25,067 questions from the state of Nebraska . 2251 01:40:33,210 --> 01:40:35,780 Okay , again , start six . Toe a new 2252 01:40:35,790 --> 01:40:36,930 North Dakota , 2253 01:40:45,510 --> 01:40:46,620 South Dakota , 2254 01:40:53,410 --> 01:40:55,590 Wyoming . Okay , 2255 01:41:01,310 --> 01:41:03,950 any final questions before we adjourn ? 2256 01:41:06,610 --> 01:41:08,554 This is Jason . Brand stutter with 2257 01:41:08,554 --> 01:41:10,666 capitals and kind of Jefferson City , 2258 01:41:10,666 --> 01:41:14,440 Missouri . Just , uh , clarify 2259 01:41:14,910 --> 01:41:17,200 on the answer . He just gave about the 2260 01:41:17,210 --> 01:41:20,750 stage dropping . He stated 4 ft between 2261 01:41:20,750 --> 01:41:23,010 ST Joe and Kansas City . Do you 2262 01:41:23,010 --> 01:41:26,910 anticipate that to be similar on down 2263 01:41:26,920 --> 01:41:28,920 through Central Missouri towards ST 2264 01:41:28,920 --> 01:41:31,087 Louis ? That it would be a 4 ft drop ? 2265 01:41:31,087 --> 01:41:33,364 Or it might be a little less than that . 2266 01:41:34,710 --> 01:41:37,550 Thank you . Yeah . Yeah , that's a good 2267 01:41:37,550 --> 01:41:39,661 question . I don't It would take me a 2268 01:41:39,661 --> 01:41:41,883 couple of minutes to figure that out as 2269 01:41:41,883 --> 01:41:45,220 well . Yeah , it won't be the same 2270 01:41:48,810 --> 01:41:50,990 on get . And to be honest , it gets 2271 01:41:50,990 --> 01:41:53,910 harder to determine once you get below 2272 01:41:53,910 --> 01:41:56,430 Kansas City cause of tributary impact . 2273 01:41:57,110 --> 01:42:00,020 Um , I mean , you're gaining drainage 2274 01:42:00,400 --> 01:42:03,220 as you go blow . Kansas City of the the 2275 01:42:03,220 --> 01:42:05,900 tributary inflow is going to have a 2276 01:42:05,910 --> 01:42:08,620 greater impact on the actual dropped . 2277 01:42:08,620 --> 01:42:12,210 And what Gavin has dropped is gonna be 2278 01:42:12,220 --> 01:42:16,160 if that makes me . But , 2279 01:42:16,170 --> 01:42:18,003 you know , I could try to give a 2280 01:42:18,003 --> 01:42:20,170 guesstimate . It would take a while to 2281 01:42:20,170 --> 01:42:24,090 do that . Mhm any information would be 2282 01:42:24,090 --> 01:42:26,470 helpful . And you don't have to provide 2283 01:42:26,470 --> 01:42:29,330 that tonight . Somebody could email me . 2284 01:42:30,300 --> 01:42:33,040 You know , later this week , James , 2285 01:42:33,050 --> 01:42:35,730 you have my email , sent me an email , 2286 01:42:35,730 --> 01:42:37,841 and Kevin will send me an email , and 2287 01:42:37,841 --> 01:42:41,380 we'll get you a response . Okay . Thank 2288 01:42:41,380 --> 01:42:43,510 you . But 2289 01:42:45,100 --> 01:42:47,322 alright . Any final questions before we 2290 01:42:47,322 --> 01:42:50,590 adjourn ? All 2291 01:42:50,870 --> 01:42:53,140 right . I'm gonna handle Florida . John 2292 01:42:53,140 --> 01:42:56,260 Rigas . Before we I just wanna thank 2293 01:42:56,260 --> 01:42:58,540 everybody for participating tonight . I 2294 01:42:58,540 --> 01:43:00,596 have , like , a special thank you to 2295 01:43:00,596 --> 01:43:04,040 Doug Clock and Kevin Lau for their help 2296 01:43:04,050 --> 01:43:07,680 in putting this meeting together . And , 2297 01:43:07,690 --> 01:43:09,940 you know , you always happens to me . I 2298 01:43:09,940 --> 01:43:12,820 go to a public meeting and I leave , I 2299 01:43:12,820 --> 01:43:14,987 think . Oh , my God . Why didn't I ask 2300 01:43:14,987 --> 01:43:17,042 this question or make this comment ? 2301 01:43:17,042 --> 01:43:19,870 You can always send questions into Mike 2302 01:43:19,880 --> 01:43:22,650 Swenson , Kevin Grody or myself , or to 2303 01:43:22,650 --> 01:43:24,761 Eileen . Or you can leave them on our 2304 01:43:24,761 --> 01:43:26,900 Missouri water management . The email 2305 01:43:26,900 --> 01:43:29,122 address , which they're all on the last 2306 01:43:29,122 --> 01:43:31,720 slide of the presentation . So again , 2307 01:43:31,720 --> 01:43:33,609 thank you . And I turn it over to 2308 01:43:33,609 --> 01:43:35,498 general helping her if he has any 2309 01:43:35,498 --> 01:43:37,910 closing comments . Hey , John . Thank 2310 01:43:37,910 --> 01:43:40,188 you . Brigadier General Hellinger here . 2311 01:43:40,188 --> 01:43:42,354 I just wanna thank all of our partners 2312 01:43:42,354 --> 01:43:44,466 for joining us today . Your questions 2313 01:43:44,466 --> 01:43:46,299 have been very valuable to us to 2314 01:43:46,299 --> 01:43:48,410 understand the uses of the system and 2315 01:43:48,410 --> 01:43:50,577 just encourage you to continue to stay 2316 01:43:50,577 --> 01:43:52,910 connected with us now and in the future . 2317 01:43:52,910 --> 01:43:56,750 Thank you all again . All right . Thank 2318 01:43:56,750 --> 01:43:59,020 you , sir . And that concludes our call .