WSP05631

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/14/1988
• Author: MBSA
• Title: A Review of the Missouri River Main Stem System Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Operational Objectives and Considerations

Duane ~\"t'um, Chu:f
Rt'-,.'n'/!/r('{lTltr(J[
.\!I,<;.wJuri HIl"'" IhLhion
{',S Army ('urp., o{ En!!"I....,.,

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I am al,,!) \'l-"ry plf'a"..d Iv Ill' part 01 this "ympoi'olulll.
It.~ really mn' to gf'l so mall;' intt'fbb tl,gelher It]] at
the same rime. It.... a]sf) nino 10 follow "!-wahr,, lik!'
Dr. Sht'N. J parti('uJarly t'njo;.t'd hi" prt'''t'nlalion this
morning wht'1l hl;' talked ahout how diffirull it was to
f('!Wlatt' re"..r\'om... He also It'ft thiS potion up hl'ft'
that he id('ntified. Hie' said thHI this WRS SUint' magic
potion 10 rt'~:l1]a1t' no'servoir" and gTlJW hair. I kllow
tht'ft' is no potion for reg-ulnting rest'rnlirs, hut I'm
gain,!:' to take it hOlnf' with nlt' Hnd try it if I could.

HI' al"o explained how diJfi('u!t it nin ht' to nlf'f'1 all
the authorized purpOse" of It ft'"er\'oir. I g-llt'S... I hadn't
realizt'd it was as diHieult a.~ he explaillt'd. We Sl;'em
to get plenty of help and Wl' appreciate all of thaI.

ThE' prl'st"ntatluns ~'uu art" going to hear for the rt"st
uf thl" morning are divided In thn-t" H'parate groups.
First. I urn going to pw\'idl' an o\pf\'it-w of t he systt'm
and how it is ojlt'rated-snmp of the rules we follow
and ho..... those rulf's flrp St"t up. It's going to he II litlll'
more spt'citic than some of the discussions I'n' had in
the pasl. I will he more "Iwcilic today hecaust- of the
numher of flPople that arf' attending.

ehet Worm is the 1-l'cond on the program. llnd ht-
is going to talk ahollt .~()1l1P of the l'onl1ins that exisl;;
!>t'twet'n purptJSb. I'm nOI going to do that. so his
presentation will be quite diffl'rl'nt from mine.

In re('en! year" \n' ha\e t>t't'n asked ahout Iht' data
Wl' collect and how we U1-f' it and I thought 11 would
he apprnpriate that Larry :\Iurphy tell us a liltle bit
ahout tht' data l'Ollet'twll method,.; thm han- heen 111-t'd
and wi]) be u,..ed In the fulure.

As thf' {;enf'ral mentioned. we arf' with the Division
Office of the Army Corp,.; of En!tineers. I am ('hipf of
the Rl'H'rmir Control ('enter, \\'e haw a staff of ele\'en
people that are in\"Oln'd in ('ollt"ctlng and analyzing
the data and making shorl and long range plans on
what relf'ases ou,eht to he made from the project,.;, Thi,.
is tht' officE' thai the General use;; to cont rol thE' ri\E'f.
'You have ~t'f'n a nasin map ~o I will not ,.;pend any

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time .....ilh that. I 8111 froing to ('onfine my remarks to
the Opt-ratIOn of the six dams and the Ilows on the
:-'Ii,.;souri Rin.r it~eJf. 'You haw st"en SOOlt' of tht'se
pl('ture1- hefore. thi,.; is apparently a fa\'orik pkturt',
It's the third time it;; shuwn up today, and it's at Fort
I't-ck. I am simply g-oing- to stf'p through (hest' and not
explain in detail ahollt any uf them except that Fort
Perk. Garrison. and 01lhe are really the thret' lart{t'
resef\'oirs in the s....stem.

If We are to look at a prulilt' of the :\Iissouri River.
.....t' would st-e that Fort Peck j,.; at the ht'ad end. These
n'rtical lint's are at one hundred mile intef\'als and
thpst' lines ~wre are fift.... ft'et in elevation apart. \\'e
haw a ~ignifi('ant "llt"n channt'1 from Fort Ppck to
{;arrison and from {;arri,.;on 10 Oahe and then once
we J:"et past Oahl', the re.~ef\'oirs art' nearly reservoir
to resef\'oir. This has a ,.;ignificant impact on the W8.\'
we are ahle to reKl/late the project,.;. I mention it for
that reafion.

We step on down to HiJ:" Bend. Actually the main
!loud cOll1rol storage is in tht' upper thref' reservoirs.
Big Bend is Il much smallt-r project. Thest' projects art'
1-hown hert' to scale. bOlh in terms of t'1t'vation and
rt'servoir It'ngl h and you can st"e t hat Big Hend is much
~ma]]er than the upper thrt'e. FOrl R.andall i" Il prett....

Duane 5veum

Duane SV6\.m IS Choaf 01 the R&SerVOIr Control Center '"
the MISsouri RJV9r o.V!SoOrI OfflO(! 01 the Corps Of EngIl1e6fS.
He has hetd thalpos.llOl"l tor ahttleover lour years He has
been on the staff 01 the Reser.ooor Control Center for some
fifteen years. Duane completed his educ:aloon at South Dakota
Stale U~ '" Broollings where he graduated wt!tl a Bactl-
elors of Soeoce Degree '" Agocutturat Engneemg, He wort<ed
w,," the USOA SolI ConservallOfl SefVice in South Dakota Iew'
over five years ~Iore prllng the Caps in Omaha He wort<ed
'" the heIds 01 hydraulics. sedlffief1t. anc:l river developmenllor
the Itst IW1e years W'v1g M time wrth the Corps before JCW1lOQ
the Reservcw ContrOl Cenler. Duare was promoted 10 Choef
01 the Reser.or ContrOl Cenler ., Dec:embel- of 1983. Mr.
SV6\.m is a Regstered Prof8SSlCJnal E1lgneer.