There is more water flowing these days in the Stanislaus River.It is not due to increased agricultural water deliveries, urban uses, or for recreational purposes. The increased flows from New Melones Reservoir that have been ramped up to 350 cubic feet per second are designed to lower water temperature and pump up dissolved oxygen to create a less lethal environment for fish.South San Joaquin Irrigation District General Manager Peter Rietkerk noted the Bureau of Reclamation’s increased releases from New Melones aren’t impacting water supplies for urban or ag use within the district nor farm deliveries in the Oakdale Irrigation District. None of the water being released is coming from OID or SSJID accounts.That said, the SSJID is keeping a close watch on El Nina modeling — the name given conditions in and over the Pacific Ocean that typically deliver drier than normal weather patterns after an El Nino that tend to bring wetter winters.