How The Reservoir Failure Affected Water Quality

Response

Water Quality Monitoring Before and After the Reservoir Failed

Collecting and Testing Water Samples

Taum Sauk Reservoir Breach Highway Patrol Report
Water flows muddy following the Taum Sauk Reservoir failure.
Scientific testing is conducted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Services Program
Water samples being taken in the Taum Sauk area.

Taum Sauk Reservoir Area Water Quality

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Aug. 24 is last day for swimming for 2008 at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park

These Web pages feature information and photos about the environmental impacts and cleanup efforts being made in the area around the Taum Sauk Reservoir, which failed on Dec. 14, 2005.  Water quality was affected in the lower reservoir, the east fork of the Black River and through Clearwater Lake.

The State of Missouri has no regulatory oversight of the reservoir, which is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but remains involved in the oversight of recovery efforts.

Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park was damaged by flooding following the failure of the reservoir. The park has been open during limited periods of time since during reconstruction. The park will be redeveloped in time for opening sometime in 2009.

The Department of Natural Resources has established a project office at the park to oversee the efforts related to mitigating the environmental damage caused by the reservoir failure.