Water Resources: Corps' Management of 1990 Flooding in the Arkansas, Red, and White River Basins

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Army Corps of Engineers' operation of its reservoirs in the Arkansas, Red, and White River basins during the May 1990 flooding that caused severe damage in Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma to determine whether the Corps followed operating procedures in capturing and releasing the water from nine reservoirs in the three basins before, during, and after the flood.