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Low Water Work on Gavins Point Dam

Low Water Work on Gavins Point Dam

Photo: WNAX


The sandbars have returned to the Missouri River as releases from Gavins Point Dam have dropped to the winter level of seventeen thousand cubic feet per second.

Gavins Point Operations Manager Tom Curran says they are using the lower releases to get work done around the dam…

Curran says they are also doing work inside the power house…

Curran says they will also have a major project on the drain field on the downriver side of the dam…

The low water releases are scheduled to continue at least until March.

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