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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 91953" data-attributes="member: 389"><a href="http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/twregfcast.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/twregfcast.pdf</a>These are not unusual releases out of Garrison, by any stretch of the imagination.  They are a little low for this time of year, but not that unusual.As far as releases out of Garrison being determined by spring runoff.  Ummm, that's what the damn dam is for, to hold water as you wish until it is full.  Releases out of Garrison are more closely tied to power generation than they are to inflow.  It is a balance between the two, but when there's a need for power and the use of the water does no harm (creating high water, or needlessly wasting stored waters), power generation generally rules.<img src="http://137.227.241.66/nwisweb/data/img/USGS.06341000.03.00065..20150828.20160404..0..pres.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Good grief, this isn't rocket science.  The data is out there, I didn't even have to go back a full year to find out that from Sept through December the water was lower than now.- - - Updated - - -Much of that initial offset, or scouring, referenced by the NDGF has since reverted to something a bit more close to what it was pre-2011.  Without looking at the stage rating curves for a specific site, it's hard to put an exact value on the difference between now and then, but I'd surmise it's around 3/4 of a foot.</blockquote>

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