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Michael D. Wells Deputy Director and Chief of Water Resources

Missouri River Freight Corridor Development Forum. December 10, 2009. Michael D. Wells Deputy Director and Chief of Water Resources. (Six Main Stem Reservoirs). Missouri River Provides Many Benefits. Fish & Wildlife. Recreation. Flood Reduction. Power Generation. Agriculture.

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Michael D. Wells Deputy Director and Chief of Water Resources

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  1. Missouri River Freight Corridor Development Forum December 10, 2009 Michael D. Wells Deputy Director and Chief of Water Resources

  2. (Six Main Stem Reservoirs)

  3. Missouri River Provides Many Benefits Fish & Wildlife Recreation Flood Reduction Power Generation Agriculture Water Supply Commerce / Transportation

  4. Missouri River Main Stem Storage Allocations Max. 72 MAF (7/23/1975) Storage (MAF) Pool Design 73.1 Extreme Floods Exclusive Flood Control - 4.7 MAF 68.5 Normal Operations Annual Flood Control and Multiple Use - 11.7 MAF 56.8 Current Storage (~55 MAF) 44.8 MAF (12/1/08) Provide Reservoir Releases During Drought Carryover Multiple Use - 38.9 MAF Min. 33.9 MAF (2/8/2007) 17.9 Reservoir Recreation & Sediment Permanent Pool - 17.9 MAF 0 MAF = Million acre-feet Note: 73.1 MAF of water spread out across the entire State of Missouri would be over 7 inches deep.

  5. 1979 Manual 2004/6 Manual 57.1 57.1 Full Season 51.5 85.6% Full Season Shortened 58.7% 41.0 Season Shortened Storage (MAF) % Multi-Purpose Pool Remaining Storage (MAF) Season 33.1% 31.0 No Season 7.4% 21.0 No Season 18.1 18.1 Permanent Permanent Pool Pool

  6. 2004/6 Manual 57.1 54.5 Full Service Full Season March 15 Service Check (For April 1- June 30) 51.5 49.0 Minimum Service Shortened Season Storage (MAF) 31.0 No Season 18.1 1979 Master Manual Full Service 54.5 MAF Min. Service 46.0 MAF Permanent Pool

  7. 2004/6 Manual 57.0 Full Service 57.1 Full Season July 1 Service Check (For July 1 to End of Season) 50.5 Minimum Service 51.5 Shortened Season Storage (MAF) 31.0 No Season 18.1 1979 Master Manual Full Service 59.0 MAF Min. Service 50.5 MAF Permanent Pool

  8. Navigation Target Locations Gavins Point Dam SC (31 kcfs) Iowa Nebraska OM (31 kcfs) NC (37 kcfs) (41 kcfs) KC Kansas Missouri

  9. Navigation Target Locations Gavins Point Dam SC (31 kcfs) Iowa Nebraska OM (31 kcfs) Other potential Mo R Target Locations NC (37 kcfs) (41 kcfs) BNV KC STL HER Kansas Missouri

  10. Diagram of Mississippi River Flow During Drought Minneapolis-St Paul 6 large dams allow flow regulation of Missouri River 27 Locks and Dams create “pooled reach” for navigation Mississippi River Missouri River Kansas City St Louis In drought, the Missouri River provides up to 2/3 of the flow through the “bottleneck reach” “Bottleneck reach” Cairo Ohio River “open river reach” New Orleans

  11. Gavins Point Dam SC (31 kcfs) Iowa Nebraska OM (31 kcfs) NC (37 kcfs) (41 kcfs) BNV KC STL HER Kansas Missouri Navigation Target Locations Potential Target Locations (Miss R)

  12. Missouri River Authorized Project Purposes Flood Control Navigation Hydropower Water Supply Water Quality Irrigation Recreation Fish & Wildlife Dominant Purposes that can not be abandoned

  13. Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study (MRAPS or Section 108 Study) • Review the original project purposes of Missouri River • Projects located in the Missouri River basin • Based on the 1944 Flood Control Act (as amended, and other • subsequent relevant legislation and judicial rulings) • To determine if changes to the authorized project purposes • and existing Federal water resource infrastructure may be • warranted • $25,000,000 at full federal expense • More info at www.mraps.org 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Title 1, Section 108

  14. Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study Timeline 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Apr May Jun Jul Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Regional Listening Sessions Focus Groups Stakeholder Interviews Public Requested Engagement Scoping Meetings Analysis

  15. Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study Focus Group Meetings Meetings likely scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Kansas City, Kansas: November 19, 2009 Bismarck, North Dakota: December 8, 2009 St. Louis, Missouri: January 12, 2010 Omaha, Nebraska: January 14, 2010 Pierre, South Dakota: January 26, 2010 Billings, Montana: January 28, 2010 Columbia, Missouri: February 4, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana: February 9, 2010 Memphis, Tennessee: February 11, 2010

  16. Additional Missouri River Activities Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan - (EIS) BiOp & BSNP Mitigation Program Degradation Study Sand and Gravel EIS

  17. Thank You Michael D. Wells Deputy Director and Chief of Water Resources http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/

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