To print this page properly - use Print icon located on the page.
Please note that JavaScript has to be enabled.
MO-ARK 
 Promoting Beneficial Use of Water and Related Land Resources Since 1952

MO River Degradation

Project-Degradation-1-200.jpg
Click Trends Image for Larger View

Project-Degradation-2-200.jpg

The river bed continues to degrade at an accelerated rate, lowering the water surface elevation and undermining the banks, endangering the intakes and outfall structures.

Utilities which draw water from the Missouri River have been experiencing difficulty with their intake structures due to low flows in the Missouri River resulting from channel degradation, drought conditions and operational changes by the Corps of Engineers. (Photo shows water intake on the Missouri River at Kansas City)

The cost of corrective action continues to increase along with the need to relocate water intake and discharge structures. Degradation is also jeopardizing the integrity of the Kansas Cities Levee system and will become catastrophic if the underlying causes of the degradation are not determined.

Progress updates are presented in a blog format below with most recent postings at the top.

You may subscribe to the RSS feed for this project by clicking on the RSS button above.

Sponsors

 

Stakeholders

 

 

 

  • Progress Update

    24-Mar-10 07:12 | Cam Schutte (administrator)

    Efforts will include review and analysis of all hydrographic and sedimentation data, hydrographic surveys, river modeling and collaborative assessment of causes and alternatives with stakeholders within the impacted reaches. 

    A Federally funded investigation of the causes and likely progression of bed lowering in the Missouri River between river miles 340 and 400 is requested with a view to identifying justified measures for control or remediation of the condition.

    This is a critically important effort as millions of dollars of Federal investment and local infrastructure more than a million citizens can be imminently adversely affected.
    Authorization exists under Sec 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970, evaluation of Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project (BSNP).

    Read more  •  Add comment
 

MO-ARK promotes the beneficial use of water and land related resources in the Missouri River Valley including the areas of
Agriculture, Environment, Flood Damage Reduction, Navigation, Recreation, Shipping and Ports, Power, Water Quality and Supply.

Site developed by Internet Solutions Group of Kansas City

© 2010 Missouri-Arkansas River Basin Association. All rights reserved.