The Pirapama reservoir was designed to produce 5.6 m³/s ... to minimize or even avoid the conditions of rationing and collapse of its storage. The rainfall-runoff model SMAP was used to simulate input ...

so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is forecasting below-average runoff into the mainstem reservoir system. For 2025, runoff in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa is forecast to be 20 ...

including all of the reservoir operations. The RiverWare model imports observed and forecasted inflows and local runoff and then uses rulebased simulation to model mandatory surcharge releases, ...

A drone panoramic view of Oroville Dam and main spillway at Lake Oroville in Butte County, Calif. Photo taken March 11, 2025.