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1 University of Massachusetts - Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage 2013 Jun 27th, 10:05 AM - 10:25 AM Concurrent Sessions D: Downstream Migrant Surface Collectors-What Works and Doesn't Work - North Fork Dam Floating Surface Collector Design Peter Christensen R2 Resource Consultants Follow this and additional works at: Peter Christensen, "Concurrent Sessions D: Downstream Migrant Surface Collectors-What Works and Doesn't Work - North Fork Dam Floating Surface Collector Design" ( June 27, 2013). International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage. Paper This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the The Fish Passage Community at UMass Amherst at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu.

2 NORTH FORK RESERVOIR FLOATING SURFACE COLLECTOR Portland General Electric Peter Christensen, P.E. R2 Resource Consultants Design in Association with: Black & Veatch Art Anderson Associates

3 Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project and North Fork Development Willamette River Oregon City River Mill Development Estacada To Portland 25 Miles Mainstem Clackamas Tributaries Dam Reservoir North Faraday Development Faraday Diversion Dam North Fork Development Frog Lake Oak Grove Development Timothy Lake Harriet Lake

4 Aerial View of the Existing North Fork Project Temporary Screen Structure Existing Transport Pipe Existing Ladder Exit & Bypass Entrance Fish Ladder Spillway Tailrace Dam Screen Flow Drain to Tailrace Powerhouse

5 Features of North Fork Dam Thin-Wall Concrete Arch Dam 207 Feet High 676 Feet Crest Length 2-Foot Normal Reservoir Fluctuation Two Turbine Generators 6,000 cfs Combined Flow Depth to Intake 125 Feet Spillway at North End of Dam 3 Spill Gates each 50 Feet Wide Existing Downstream Fish Collector & Bypass Associated with the Fish Ladder Exit on the North Bank 7-Mile Bypass Pipe to the Tailrace of River Mill Dam

6 2001 Acoustic Tag Study Results Red Areas Represent the Highest Concentration of Detections

7 FSC & Downstream Passage Design Plan Bypass Pipeline to River Mill Tertiary Screen Structure (TSS) Transport Pipe Flow Control Guide Net FSC Submerged Transport Hose

8 Major Components of the Facility Fish Guide Nets ¼-inch Square Mesh Dyneema Net 75-Foot Partial Depth Includes Boat Passage Gate Floating Surface Collector (FSC) 1,000 cfs Attraction Flow 147 Feet Long by 60 Feet Wide Fish Transport Pipeline 1,500 Feet Long Passes through the Dam Tertiary Screen Structure (TSS) Located on North Bank Combines Fish Collected at FSC and the Existing Collector

9 FSC Overall Plan View

10 FSC Centerline Profile View

11 Unique Features of the Collector & Passage Net Attached Directly to FSC No Net Transition Structure Net Attaches Directly to FSC Attachment to Accommodate Raising of FSC Direct Fish Passage to Bypass Pipe Other FSCs Part of Trap & Haul Programs Transport Pipe Must Pass through the Dam Unique Flow Control Combining Fish Flow with Existing Collector Tertiary Screen Structure (TSS) Dewater before Passing Fish to River Mill Pipeline Debris Management Multiple Approaches at both the FSC and the TSS

12 Guide Net Profile

13 Separating Net to Raise FSC

14 Net Attachment to the FSC

15 Net Attachment Winch

16 FSC Debris Management: Entrance Debris Rack

17 Transition Channel: From Screen Channel to Transport Pipe

18 FSC Debris Management: Transition Channel & Debris Trap

19 3-D Rendering of the FSC

20 3-D Rendering with Reservoir Water

21 Submerged Hose Section of Transport Pipe

22 Transport Hose Attachment

23 Dam Penetration and Flow Control Plan

24 Dam Penetration and Flow Control Profile

25 Dam Penetration Details

26 Thru-Port Shutoff Valve

27 Adjustable Flow Control

28 Tertiary Screen Structure (TSS) Features Combines Fish from the FSC and the Existing Collector Between 7 cfs and 15 cfs from Existing Collector Between 7 cfs and 10 cfs from FSC 7 cfs Final Flow to River Mill Two Traveling Screens to remove excess flow Debris Rack in Fish Pool Between Screens Surface Debris Deflector Gate at Fish Exit Emergency Fish Bypass to Fish Ladder

29 FSC & Downstream Passage Design Plan Bypass Pipeline to River Mill Tertiary Screen Structure (TSS) Transport Pipe Flow Control Guide Net FSC Submerged Transport Hose

30 Tertiary Dewatering Screen Structure (TSS)

31 TSS Section View through Traveling Screens

32 TSS Debris Management: Grizzly Debris Rack

33 TSS Debris Management: Traveling Screens with Debris Pegs

34 TSS Debris Management: Deflector Gate at Fish Exit

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