North Branch of Potomac River water release this weekend

Type: Nontidal
Region: Central
Location: Northwest Branch

There will be a Water Quality release from Jennings Randolph Lake on August 28-29, 2010. We plan to release a flow of 850 for about 30 hours beginning on Saturday morning and continuing until early Sunday afternoon. The ramp up of flows will begin about 6:30 AM on Saturday, with a full release reaching the Barnum gage by about 9:00 AM. On Sunday the flow reduction will begin at about 3:00 PM.

The 2010 release schedule for Jennings Randolph Lake has been posted on the public website: http://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/northBranch.html

This page also includes three day projections for daytime release rates for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam. Scroll down to find the release schedule.