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N.D.–According to a release from the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Jamestown and Pipestem Reservoirs continue to evacuate water as forecasted. Reservoir inflows are higher than normal for this time of year, but they continue to drop as the basin stayed dry over the last few weeks.
 Releases from the Jamestown Reservoir are currently at 1400 cubic feet per second, or CFS, and 1000 CFS from the Pipestem Reservoir.  Releases are expected to be at the combined 2400 CFS until mid-October. 
The Pipestem Reservoir peaked on August 21 at a level of 1488.7 feet, which is 1.9 feet
higher than the previous peak this year of 1486.8 on May 25.
Jamestown Reservoir peaked on August 21 at a level of 1450.1 feet, which is 1.2 feet less
than the previous peak this year of 1451.3 on May 1.
The Corps said that as of September 19, 2011 at 12:00 AM the Jamestown Reservoir was at 1445.5 feet, which is a decrease of  0.2 foot per day.  There is 47.6% of the flood control storage occupied.
As for the Pipestem Reservoir, it was at 1479.5 feet, a decrease of 0.5 foot per day.  There is 52.4% of flood control storage occupied.

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