Jamestown (USACE)  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to delay the ramping down of the combined releases from Jamestown and Pipestem Dams, now to start on Nov 10 or 11.

Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich on Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, said the Corps notified him and other city officials that the ramping down of the combined releases of 2400 cfs, is because the anticipated freeze up date has been moved from Nov 11, to November 19.

He said the releases will be incrementally ramped DOWN by 100 cfs per day from both dams, until a release of 1400 cfs is reached by freeze up.

The release for winter flow under the ice cover is still expected to be 800 cfs.