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Title: New notch weir system designed to pass shad through Potomac Dam

Journal Article · · Hydro Review
OSTI ID:381261

This article discusses the design and functional characteristics of a notch and three-weir labyrinth fish passage facility at Little Falls Dam. Most effective at low-head hydroelectric power plants, the weir system will reduce flow velocities to a value thought to be low enough for healthy shad to swim against. It is felt that this system will re-establish the shad population in a 10-mile stretch of the Patomac River near Washington.

OSTI ID:
381261
Journal Information:
Hydro Review, Vol. 15, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English