Pipestem2Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Nov 6,2013) — Pipestem Dam Manager Bob Martin says, Pipestem Dam is releasing 80-cfs, with the inflow at 100 cfs.

The water level at Pipestem Dam is about 9 inches above its conservation pool at 1,442.4 feet.

Martin said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to maintain releases of 5 cfs through the winter from Pipestem Dam.

Jamestown Reservoir has reached the freeze up conservation pool, at 1,428 feet , and is currently releasing 100 cfs.

Releases from the Jamestown and Pipestem Dams continue to lower reservoir levels following fall rains, with 4 and a half inches the official measurement by the National Weather Service in October, 2013, and to improve water quality.