The U.S. Corps of Engineers has announced that the water release for Milford Lake was being reduced from 12,000 cubic feet per second to 8,000 cfs on Friday afternoon.

Releases will be further reduced to 3,000 cfs on Saturday, which will be slightly more than the inflow into the lake.’

The Corps is nearly out of Phase II releases for Milford Reservoir and they are entering Phase I releases in which different criteria apply for the gauge located downstream at Waverly, Missouri. The current lake elevation is 1163.69, which is 19.29 feet above normal conservation pool.