While people in the Columbia area of Brown County watch the James River reach record levels, plans are being made to add water to the flood-swollen river.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans water releases of 1,800 cubic feet per second or higher from the Jamestown and Pipestem reservoirs a few miles north of Jamestown, N.D. Officials think it would take 10 days to two weeks for the higher flows to reach northern South Dakota.

Governor Rounds says he's concerned about the amount of water to be released from the two reservoirs. He says conditions might require such releases sooner than South Dakota would like, aggravating flooding in the state.

He says the longer the releases can be deferred, the better the chances of maintaining lower water levels in flood-prone areas of South Dakota.

Paul Johnston of the Corps of Engineers says no water has been released yet but that the reservoir levels are rising fast. He says protective levees are being built in Jamestown.

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