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  • Pomona Dam to undergo rip rap enhancement project

    Pomona Dam will undergo a rip rap overlay project on its front slope that is anticipated to start around Sept. 15, 2025. This project is necessary to reinforce the dam’s protective layer and ensure its continued structural integrity. The existing rip rap, placed over 60 years ago, has deteriorated due to natural weathering. This deterioration compromises the rip rap’s ability to protect the dam’s front slope from erosion and other potential damage. The project will involve placing new rip rap over the existing layer to restore the dam’s protective barrier.

  • Public invited to meetings scheduled for upcoming Water Control Manual updates

    Updates to Water Control Manuals and reviews of the Water Control Plans for Melvern, Pomona and Hillsdale Dams and Reservoirs will be the subject of a series of public meetings held by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in March 2024. Congress provided funding and direction to USACE districts across the country do make administrative updates to the Water Control Manuals, to evaluate Water Control Plans and update as necessary and include a drought contingency plan for managing water releases from reservoirs during drought conditions.

  • Corps of Engineers update on Osage River Basin reservoir operations

    Conditions in the Osage and Missouri River Basins continue to present challenges for releasing water from the three Kansas reservoirs and three Missouri reservoirs, in the Osage River Basin, which are holding high water levels behind their dams: Pomona, Melvern and Hillsdale lakes in Kansas; Stockton, Pomme de Terre and Truman lakes in Missouri.

  • Army Corps to hold public meeting on high water levels at Melvern Lake and Pomona Lake

    Due to above average water levels being held in Melvern Lake and Pomona Lake, the Kansas City District and lake project personnel will hold a public meeting at Lyndon High School auditorium from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 30, 2019.

  • Michigan Valley Park swim beach back open at Pomona Lake

    VASSAR, Kan. - The U.S Army Corps of Engineers announce the Michigan Valley Park swim beach is back open after receiving negative test results for blue-green algae this week.