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<br /> MissourI RIver <br /> Commercial NavIgation <br /> (By Calendar Years) <br /> ., ., <br /> Legend <br /> " o Up",..," " <br /> _ Downll'..m <br /> r <br /> r "r; <br /> " I" n 30 <br /> r I I " <br /> ~r [1lln I nil II Ii 11'1 Il'r <br /> " ~ III i I r " ~ <br />'" I E <br />~ r Ii r I I [, III <br /> r ~ <br /> I III' <br />6 " I, r I I ,,1 " <br /> ,ll ~ <br />3 I, II' '1111 ~ <br />::1 'ii 1 '" <br /> " r II [, 1I1II " <br /> r <br /> ,I <br /> " <br /> 10 10 <br /> r <br /> " " <br /> " r I <br /> n II ~ r I <br /> . II II <br /> 00 00 <br /> .......".....0 II un U II.." II II 10717271 7. 1,,," ""'0 II n.... II It" II <br />Figure 4. Missourt River Commercial Navitation (By Calendar Years) <br /> <br />The tt'sult downstrt'lIm at Sioux City, :\t'hraska <br />City. Omaha and so on under mlrmnI cunditions fl" <br />I1ffls full st'fvin> [0 ml\'i~ll1ifln. or tt'du('t'd St'n."ll't' to <br />naviKalinn. and if Wt' .....Pt(, [Q nHI support nllvi,l::lItinn <br />at all. which is what this f('fl mt'uns, wt' would !laH. <br />very low f(']f'jB{' from the sy"tt'm both :<umrl1l:T and <br />wintt"r. II minimum B.ono ('"1'". That would C8U"t> a /{rt>at <br />dt',1! of ht'arlhurn. It would tnkt> II \t'r~: significallt <br />drought [0 ,l::t'1 to that point. <br /> <br />Irrigatuln dtJ('s nut ha\t' a big impan on oow wt' do <br />busil1t's;;. Tht'rt' an" numt>wus intakt"" locatt>d along <br />toe rt>*n\lirs and along- tot> ri\t'r. ~omt> uf tht'~ IT- <br />rigators ha\'t' a littlt> !rouhle with acct'~;; 10 wati'r. \\'e <br />consiclf'T their 11t't'd". It'fi not a big problt'm for us. <br /> <br />Watt'r intakt',. along thi' riwr, too, arf> al...., quilt' <br />easil~' sati"tied during opt'n riwr condilions. Exn"p- <br />tions can be during winter whi'n in" jams may form. <br />For t>:mmple, jll"l rt'cpml.... an iet' brid,l1."p furmed ahow <br />Sioux Cily and It Cllt off "omt' of tht' water "uppl.... 10 <br />Sioux Cil.... and downHrNtm. \\'t' had a dip at Omaha <br />llnd :-.tl"D',. plant h{'re in Omaha didn't ha\"e a problt'm <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />gf'tting walf'T. but Iht,y Wf'rt' watchinK il wry closely. <br />Tht>.... wt'tl' e]ost' to ha\"in,e a difficult time, Theft' art' <br />numerous intakt'!' alonK tht' rivt'r lik(> Ol'l'U's puwt'r <br />plant ht're in Omaha. <br /> <br />Hf'C'rt'lltion has IIt't'n mt'ntioned, and it is bt'cominK <br />innf'asingl.... important. :-'Inre and morf' 1J('oplt' spend <br />timt' on r{'{'rf'alion. <br /> <br />\'i!'itor da....s have c1im~j(>d to n{'url.... I:.? million a year <br />lit thf' six main stf'm projects iFi,lrur{' ,')1, This mt'ans <br />that approximatel.... I:! miJIilln pt'<lple slwnd at lellst a <br />da.... at one of the six projet'ls. HUI tht'ti' is a lot of <br />bOilling on the river downstrf'am, as well. ThaI's nOI <br />includt'd in thost' totals. Tht'rt' an.. a lot of boat !>Iips <br />up and down tht' river Ihat I>t'rmit l}t'()pJe to kft'p II <br />boat in tht' riwr and u>'e it whenf'\"er tl1t'y can. There <br />arf' also numt'rous pE'ople Iikt' myself that han a boal <br />and ,eo out on tht' rin'r on occasion and !'tote the boat <br />somewhi'n' {'I'-t', <br /> <br />Fishing is one of the main rt"Crt'8tion 8('livities of <br />those that \'isit the proJf'C'ts. J g'UbS I\'f' shown this <br />