A fisheries evaluation of the Westside Ditch and Wapato Canal fish screening facilities, Spring 1989
The Bonneville Power Administration, the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and the Washington State Department of Ecology are funding the construction and evaluation of fish passage and protection facilities at irrigation and hydroelectric diversions in the Yakima River Basin, Washington State. The programs provide offsite enhancement to compensate for fish and wildlife losses caused by hydroelectric development throughout the Columbia River Basin, and they address natural propagation of salmon to help mitigate the impact of irrigation in the Yakima River Basin. The Westside Ditch and Wapato Screens are two of the juvenile screening facilities. This report evaluates the effectiveness of the screens facilities for intercepting and returning juvenile salmonids unharmed to the Yakima River from which they were diverted. We evaluated the effectiveness of new fish screening facilities in the Westside Ditch and Wapato Canal in south-central Washington State. The screen integrity tests indicated that test fish released in front of the screens could enter the canal behind the screens. The study emphasized salmonids. Test fish were steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss smolts, spring chinook salmon O. tshawytscha smolts, and rainbow trout O. mykiss fry. Evaluations were conducted during typical spring flows in the diversion. 13 refs., 10 figs., 6 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/BPA
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6823312
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP/01830-8; ON: DE91000198
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANADROMOUS FISHES
MIGRATION
FISH PASSAGE FACILITIES
EVALUATION
IRRIGATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
MONITORING
POWER GENERATION
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
CONSTRUCTION
FISHERIES
JUVENILES
PROGRESS REPORT
REARING
SALMON
SCREENS
TROUT
WASHINGTON
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
FEDERAL REGION X
FISHES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
VERTEBRATES
130600* - Hydro Energy- Environmental Aspects
540350 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)