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  • Flood Resiliency Study team to hold public outreach meeting in Brunswick, Missouri

    Officials are hosting a public outreach meeting in Brunswick, Missouri, on Monday, December 11, 2023, to discuss the flood resiliency study near Brunswick, Missouri. The meeting will be held at the Knight and Rucker Banquet Hall, 119 East Broadway St, Brunswick, Missouri, 65236. It is hosted by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

  • Public comment period extended for the Kansas River Reservoir Flood and Sediment Study

    The public comment period for the Kansas River Reservoir Flood and Sediment Study has been extended to December 29, 2023. Officials are hosting public meetings for the Kansas River Reservoir Flood and Sediment Study this month and will occur at locations throughout the basin. The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with the Kansas Water Office and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, has prepared the Draft Watershed Study Report for the Kansas River Reservoirs Flood and Sediment Study.

  • Flood Resiliency Study team to hold public outreach meeting in Jefferson City, Missouri

    Officials are hosting a public outreach meeting in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Monday, November 13, to discuss the flood resiliency study near Missouri River mile marker 142. The meeting will be held at Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 1730 E. Elm Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, 65101, and will be hosted by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

  • Public meetings to be held for the Kansas River Reservoir Flood and Sediment Study

    Officials are hosting public meetings for the Kansas River Reservoir Flood and Sediment Study, set to take place in November 2023, and will occur at locations throughout the basin. The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with the Kansas Water Office and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, has prepared the Draft Watershed Study Report for the Kansas River Reservoirs Flood and Sediment Study.

  • Drought conditions at Tuttle Creek Reservoir result in reduced target flows at De Soto and Topeka

    Continued drought conditions in the Kansas River basin will result in reduced target flows at De Soto, Kansas, and Topeka, Kansas, starting November 1, 2023. The Kansas River at De Soto, Kansas, flows will be reduced from 1,000 cubic feet per second to 800 cubic feet per second, and the Kansas River at Topeka, Kansas, flows will be reduced from 750 cubic feet per second to 600 cubic feet per second. These flow targets are met to maintain water quality on the Kansas River.