The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Sunday will increase water releases in the San Joaquin River for two weeks as part of the the restoration program.

The flows are test releases to study how the dried part of the river will react. The river has not connected consistently with the Pacific Ocean since Friant Dam was completed in the late 1940s.

The flows began on Oct. 1 with releases of about 350 cubic feet per second at Friant Dam. On Sunday, the flow will be doubled to 700 cfs.

Movement of the flows can be tracked on the program's Web site at www.restoresjr.net/activities/if/index.html.