WEBVTT 00:03.720 --> 00:05.810 I'm Jason Tidwell , I'm a civil 00:05.810 --> 00:07.754 engineer with the US Army Corps of 00:07.754 --> 00:09.866 Engineers from the ST paul District . 00:09.866 --> 00:11.977 And my responsibilities are for water 00:11.977 --> 00:15.060 levels in Orwell Lake Travers and fred 00:15.060 --> 00:17.116 Lake . I'm responsible for the water 00:17.116 --> 00:19.340 levels on a daily basis . Um in these 00:19.340 --> 00:22.020 reservoirs on a typical day , I'm 00:22.030 --> 00:24.252 monitoring the weather conditions , the 00:24.252 --> 00:27.050 pool levels inflow , the outflow , any 00:27.050 --> 00:29.130 trends in the watershed conditions . 00:29.560 --> 00:32.270 And I will use sophisticated software 00:32.280 --> 00:34.840 that has engineering calculations that 00:34.850 --> 00:37.072 that look at the past , the present and 00:37.072 --> 00:39.239 the future . And these help me come up 00:39.239 --> 00:41.750 with options that I can use to test 00:41.760 --> 00:44.330 before I make any decisions as to 00:44.340 --> 00:46.540 whether I want to release or to hold 00:46.540 --> 00:48.651 water . The management of these water 00:48.651 --> 00:50.762 levels is important because there's a 00:50.762 --> 00:52.818 number of benefits and some of these 00:52.818 --> 00:54.984 benefits are blood reduction risks and 00:54.984 --> 00:56.762 one of the things that we do in 00:56.762 --> 00:58.651 reducing the risk for flooding is 00:58.651 --> 01:00.651 working with other federal agencies 01:00.651 --> 01:02.818 such as the National Weather Service , 01:02.818 --> 01:04.762 the USGS . We also work with state 01:04.762 --> 01:06.929 agencies such as Department of Natural 01:06.929 --> 01:09.151 Resources , as well as local partners . 01:09.151 --> 01:11.373 We look at the conditions currently and 01:11.373 --> 01:13.740 what and forecasting conditions to come 01:13.740 --> 01:15.962 up with some of the best information we 01:15.962 --> 01:17.460 have prior to what the spring can bring