Releases at 1,500 cfs

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Logan C. Adams / The Sun Water inches closer to the bottom of the bridge to the island on Jamestown Reservoir as seen Sunday afternoon. The lake is currently rising half a foot per day.

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Releases from Jamestown Reservoir were increased by 200 cubic feet per second at 2 p.m. Monday to to 900 cfs, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Releases from the reservoir had been increased to 700 cfs on Saturday.

Releases from Pipestem Reservoir remain at 600 cfs. Combined release from both reservoirs were at 1,500 cfs Monday evening.

Col. Robert Ruch, commander of the corps’ Omaha District, said another increase is planned for today to bring combined releases closer to the 1,800 cfs goal.

The corps said James-town Reservoir was measured at 1,438.6 feet mean sea level Monday and is rising half a foot per day. Pipestem Reservoir was at 1,468 feet msl, and is rising half a foot per day.

The James River was measured 10.1 feet where it crosses under Interstate 94 in southeast Jamestown.

More up-to-date information on water releases can be found the corps’ Web site, www.nwo.usace.army .mil/html/op-e/index.html.

For additional information, contact Paul Johnston at 402-995-2416 or 888-835-5971, toll free.

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