Picture three-and-a-half football fields with earth piled onto them — piled as tall as the Empire State Building. That’s how much sediment flows into Tuttle Creek Lake each year. After decades of this ...

That's how much sediment flows into Tuttle Creek Lake each year. After decades of this, mud has eaten up so much space that about half of the lake near Manhattan has disappeared. Put another way, ...

In dry years, Tuttle Creek Lake and other reservoirs keep the Kansas River flowing strong enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people. But these manmade lakes are disappearing ...

Sediment buildup has reduced the water storage capacity of Tuttle Creek Lake by about half since its completion in 1962. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing a new water injection dredging ...