Congratulations to the Bois De Sioux Watershed District for completion of the North Ottawa Impoundment Project. At the 27th Annual Red River Basin Land & Water International Summit Conference held January 19-21, 2009 in Grand Forks, ND, the Red River Basin Commission awarded the Bois De Sioux Watershed District the Outstanding Project Award.
In the it's 1st year of operation the project held back 5,700 acre-feet of water during the 2009 spring flood. In full operation the project is expected to provide 16,000 acre-feet of gated and about 2,000 acre-feet of un-gated flood control storage.
To learn more about the North Ottawa Project, please click "Play Video" below.
