Artificial cooling of the Columbia River by dam regulation, 1959

Technical Report · Mon Jun 20 04:00:00 EDT 1960

OSTI ID:6423016

Kramer, H A

In accordance with the plans developed in 1958, Grand Coulee reservoir was used to reduce river temperature at HAPO during the 1959 warm water period. As closely as possible, river temperature were held continuously at as low a figure as practically and economically feasible. A continuing reduced temperature was found to be more economically beneficial than intermittent reduction. Use of the bypass tubes in the dam were held to those periods when it was desirable to maintain cooling not otherwise obtainable. Generation increases at Grand Coulee Dam were to provide the basic increase of colder water. Extra pumping of make-up water to Banks Lake was arranged to secure additional flow from low levels of Lake Roosevelt.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Richland, WA (USA). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6423016
• Report Number(s): HW-65767; ON: DE89008872
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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