Grassley criticizes Corps of Engineers for handling of water releases
BPC Staff Mar 20, 2019 | 3:34 pm
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99 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Statewide NewsRadio Iowa: Leaders of water-inundated towns in southwest Iowa are blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for decisions that may have contributed to the region’s widespread flooding. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says he “absolutely” will call for an inquiry into the Corps’ actions, like ordering the town of Hamburg to remove reinforcements from a levee that protected the town in the 2011 floods. The Corps is also being criticized for having radically boosted releases recently from Gavins Point Dam upriver on the Missouri River and for now vowing to cut back the flow when the damage is already done.
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