CORPS TO DECREASE RELEASE RATE

SIOUX CITY---WATER RATES FROM THE GAVINS POINT DAM ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS MONTH.

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS RELEASING WATER AT A RATE OF 160-THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS THE CORPS PLANS THAT NUMBER TO BE AT 150-THOUSAND NEXT MONTH.

BROWN SAYS THE RELEASES NEED TO BE DECREASED SLOWLY.

BROWN SAYS SOME OF THE WATER MAY NEED TO BE CHANNELED OR PUMPED BACK INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM LOW-LYING AREAS.