An evaluation of response to the May flooding in Oklahoma along the Arkansas River and how to improve future responses continues. At a meeting of a special interim panel at the state capitol, David Williams with the Corps of Engineers took the podium to talk about controlled releases.
He told the lawmakers that Keystone Dam was designed to be a flood control dam and not a flood prevention dam. Williams told panelists without controlled floodwater releases from Keystone, there would have been significant flooding in the city of Tulsa.
Lawmakers will send any proposals on to the full legislature in February.