There will be a public meeting conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday evening from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Geary County 4-H / Senior Citizens Center.

The Project Manager for the Corps at Milford Lake, Bill Whitworth said there are two intents for the meeting. District representatives responsible for coordinating dam releases and determining where and what water released will explain to the public how that works. Whitworth will begin the meeting with a Milford Lake specific update.

The daily lake elevation for Milford Reservoir was at 1169.63 on Monday. At 1176.25 the water would flow out the emergency spillway on the south side of the lake. Whitworth is hoping Kansas City District officials for the Corps will grant a waIver that would allow the release of water from the reservoir at a sufficient level to keep up with the inflow into the lake from the Republican River. Whitworth feels if granted, a waiver would allow the lake to hold steady and buy Corp officials some more time.

The meeting Wednesday night is open to the public.