Capacity of the diversion channel below the flood-control dam on the Big Lost River at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho
Stage-discharge relations were computed for two selected cross sections of a diversion channel at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory for discharges between 2000 and 7200 cubic feet per second. The channel diverts water from the Big Lost River into four spreading areas where the water infiltrates into the ground or evaporates. Computed water-surface profiles, based on channel conditions in the summer of 1985, indicate that the diversion channel will carry a maximum discharge of 7200 cubic feet per second from the Big Lost River into the first spreading area. Backwater from the spreading areas is not expected to decrease the carrying capacity of the diversion channel. An additional 2100 cubic feet per second will pass through two low swales west of the main channel for a combined maximum diversion capacity of 9300 cubic feet per second.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Idaho Falls, ID (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6714031
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID-22071; USGS/WRI-86-4204; ON: DE87006753
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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