# Communication Key As Corps Prepares For Low-Water Conditions - The Waterways Journal

> The Army Corps of Engineers told the Inland Waterways Users Board that June precipitation was 25% to 50% below normal, and low water could approach 2022 levels. The Corps has 17 dredges operating and added extra units to keep harbors open.

- Date: 2023-07-28 · published 2023-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16618-communication-key-as-corps-prepares-for-low-water-conditions-the-waterways
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Expected low stages and dredging-related harbor closures could restrict barge loadings and raise freight costs on the Mississippi system this fall.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2023/07/27/communication-key-as-corps-prepares-for-low-water-conditions/

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