Effects on Reservoir Water Quality Caused by Changes in Inflow Plume Hydrodynamics
In this paper, the effects of environmental changes on the hydrodynamic behavior of the Las Vegas Wash inflow into Lake Mead are discussed from the view-point of water quality. It is hypothesized...
Validation and Intercomparison of Three-Dimensional Numerical Models of Estuarine and Lake Hydrodynamics
Three-dimensional numerical models have been developed and used to study the circulation and transport of water quality parameters in estuaries and lakes. This paper discusses two important...
Climate Change Effects on Great Lakes Levels
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory has developed conceptual models for simulating moisture storages in and runoff from the 121 watersheds draining into the Laurentian Great...
Development of a GIS for the U.S. Great Lakes Shoreline
The Computer Mapping Center of the Detroit District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is developing a Geographic Information System (GIS) to contain physiographic, demographic, and...
IJC Challenges in an Era of Uncertainty
Since its creation pursuant to the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty between the United States and Canada, the International Joint Commission (IJC) has evolved into an effective mechanism for...
How Many Years to Fill with Sediment, a Sediment Study of Lake Powell on the Colorado River
A study to determine the current capacity and to update information on the life expectancy of Lake Powell was conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation. The study documented the present storage-elevation...
Hydraulic Features of Canyon Lake Hydropower Plant
The original hydraulic features of the Canyon Lake dam were well adapted to the addition of hydropower. Design, construction and anticipated operational details of the added hydropower...
Model Tests for Six-Jet Vertical Pelton Turbines for Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project
A model of a six-jet vertical Pelton turbine, including the spiral distributor, 50 feet of penstock, discharge chamber, and short free-surface tailrace was designed, built, and tested...
Hydropower Development at Corps Lakes in Texas
This paper examines case studies of hydropower development at Corps of Engineers lakes in Texas. Hydropower development examined includes installations by the Corps of Engineers as well...
A Non-Federal Development at a Federal Project
The Colebrook River Lake project is a Corps of Engineers multipurpose reservoir located in northwestern Connecticut. The hydro project, designed and built by the Catalyst Energy Corporation...
Post-Audits of Environmental Programs and Projects
This is the proceedings of a session at the ASCE Convention, New Orleans, October 1989. Post-audits include evaluation, assessment, and audit of the effects, both intended and unintended,...
Studies of Fish Protection Methods at Hydroelectric Plants
Five largely untested but economical fish-protection systems were tested at sites throughout North America. The process of selecting laboratory and field test sites was completed at the...
Feasibility of Cold Water Releases from Lake Britton
The Pit River in Shasta County, California, is the site of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Project, a major hydroelectric facility operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGandE) under Federal...
Columbia River Treaty Perspectives
The Columbia River Treaty was signed in 1961 and ratified by the governments of Canada and the United States in 1964. The Treaty required British Columbia to construct three large storage...
Lake Tap?Crater Lake
The Crater Lake Phase of the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project has been designed and is currently under construction. This paper describes the design and construction of the lake tap which...
Osoyoos Lake Control Structure
The new Osoyoos Lake Control Structure has been built on the Okanogan River at Oroville, Wa. The site is about 2 miles downstream from the outlet of Osoyoos Lake, and about 9 miles south...
Case Study: Siphon Penstock Operations
Hydroelectric power plants utilizing siphon penstocks operating near Winter, Wisconsin and at Jim Falls, Wisconsin have met or exceeded expectations after fine tuning of the vacuum and...
Long Lake Dam Model Studies
The Long Lake spillway was designed at the turn of the century as a standard ogee section with an upstream batter for a maximum head of 179 feet (55 m). It did not include any energy dissipator....
Hydropower in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
The Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project is unique in that it is the only energy project to be constructed in a National Wildlife refuge. A National Wildlife Refuge has few equals to blocking...
Hydropower Development at North Hartland Lake, Vermont
The purpose of this paper is to give a short history of the first hydropower development by non-Federal interests at a Corps of Engineers flood control dam and reservoir within the jurisdiction...
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