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USACE Vicksburg District announces closure to Arkabutla Intake Gates

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Published July 12, 2021

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces that they will close the intake gates at Arkabutla Dam for a brief time beginning July 23rd. This closure will take place so that routinely scheduled inspections can be completed inside the outlet tunnel and during that time no water will be flowing through the outlet channel. The closure is expected to last less than one week and will have a minimal impact to recreation in the area. One small parking lot adjacent to the outlet channel will be closed during the event.

For more information please contact the Arkabutla Lake Field Office at 662-562-6261 or 662-292-1992.

Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada lakes, the four Mississippi flood control reservoirs in the Vicksburg District’s area of responsibility, were authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936, which provided a plan designed to address flooding that originated in the Yazoo Basin. The four reservoirs are used to hold runoff, or excess rainwater, as a flood-prevention measure. With approximately 3.2 million visitors each year, the north Mississippi lakes also contribute approximately $82 million into the local economy.

The USACE Vicksburg District is engineering solutions to the nation’s toughest challenges. The Vicksburg District encompasses a 68,000-square-mile area across portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana that holds nine major river basins and incorporates approximately 460 miles of mainline Mississippi River levees. The Vicksburg District is engaged in hundreds of projects and employs approximately 1,100 personnel.


Contact
Eugene Wall
vicksburgdistrict@usace.army.mil

Release no. 21-043