Corps of Engineers: Decreasing Releases at Jamestown & Pipestem Dams in Preparation for River Ice
November 01, 2019
November 01, 2019
OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release:
With below-normal temperatures observed and forecast in Jamestown, North Dakota, river ice downstream of Jamestown and Pipestem Reservoirs could form as soon as Nov. 11. To mitigate the risk of freeze-up ice jams or other ice-related flooding, the target combined release rate before ice-in is 800 cubic feet per second.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be stepping down rel . . .
With below-normal temperatures observed and forecast in Jamestown, North Dakota, river ice downstream of Jamestown and Pipestem Reservoirs could form as soon as Nov. 11. To mitigate the risk of freeze-up ice jams or other ice-related flooding, the target combined release rate before ice-in is 800 cubic feet per second.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be stepping down rel . . .