PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the Army Corps of
Engineers must improve the accuracy of its predictions of runoff
into the Missouri River after this summer's flooding in South
Dakota and other states.
Daugaard says many people believe the agency should have
released more water last winter and spring from the Missouri River
reservoirs so the severity of the flood could have been reduced.
But he says better estimates of spring rain and snow would help
avoid a similar flood in the future.
Daugaard was among about 200 people who attended a meeting in
Pierre held by the Corps of Engineers to take public comment on its
plan to operate the Missouri River dams in the next year.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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