The Roy Blunt Reservoir near Milan is designed to provide 7 million gallons of water per day to over 100,000 people living in the surrounding 10-county region. The reservoir will also provide flood damage reduction and water-based recreation opportunities. An earthen dam 79 feet tall will impound a reservoir with a permanent pool of 2,328 acres. This project has a design life of 100 years and is estimated to cost $110 million to construct. NRCS is assisting the North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission (NCMRWC), Locust Creek Watershed District, and the county commissions and soil and water conservation districts of Putnam and Sullivan Counties on this project.