University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage 2013 Jun 25th, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions B: Reintroduction Efforts on the Upper Deschutes River - Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project Juvenile and Adult Fish Passage Improvements James Bartlett Portland General Electric Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference Bartlett, James, "Concurrent Sessions B: Reintroduction Efforts on the Upper Deschutes River - Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project Juvenile and Adult Fish Passage Improvements" (2013). International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage. 46. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2013/june25/46 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Fish Passage Community at UMass Amherst at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu.
Reestablishing Anadromous Fish Runs into the Upper Deschutes River Basin ~Fish Passage Improvements~ Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage Workshop June 25, 2013 ~James Bartlett~
Reregulating Dam
Reregulating Dam RM: 100 Generation Capacity 18 MW Reregulating Dam Impounds 190-Acre Reregulating Reservoir
Pelton Dam RM: 103 Generation Capacity 100 MW Pelton Dam Impounds Lake Simtustus 540-acre Reservoir
Round Butte Dam RM: 110 Generation Capacity 368 MW Round Butte Dam Impounds Lake Billy Chinook 4,000-acre Reservoir Fed by the Deschutes, Metolius, and Crooked Rivers
Historic Juvenile Salmonid Passage Round Butte Dam
Historic Pelton Dam Juvenile Salmonid Capture and Processing Facility
Historic Pelton Adult Trap, Fish Ladder, and Release Tram
EXISTING SPILLWAY EXISTING INTAKE TOWER 260 FEET EXISTING DIVERSION TUNNEL
Hydro-Dynamic Model of Historic Surface Currents Within Round Butte Dam Forebay
Fish Passage 50 Year License Requirements Reorient surface currents toward Round Butte Dam Provide safe and efficient capture, sorting, enumeration, marking, tag detection, loading, and transport, without diminishing generation 93% Survival Criteria Safely capture downstream migrating salmonids attempting to leave the reservoir while excluding them from turbines. Reintroduce: Spring Chinook, Summer Steelhead, Sockeye
Selective Water Withdrawal and Associated Fish Passage Facilities
Generation Water and Fish Capture Pathway 98% Salmonid Survival Since Operation Began in December 2009
Juvenile Transport and Release Smolt and Juvenile Bull Trout Transported and Released Per Year Date Chinook Steelhead Sockeye Bull Trout 2010 43,184 7,611 48,487 22 2011 30,640 10,450 220,627 233 2012 24,231 7,806 4,917 64 2013 18,192 2,647 24,668 10
Pelton Adult Fish Trap
Round Butte Forebay Adult Release Facility (Non-Stratified Reservoir Release) (Stratified Reservoir Release)
Known Origin Adult Return Year Chinook Sockeye Steelhead 2011 7 19 61 2012 49 86 131 2013 13 ---- ----
The End It s Just the Beginning for Upper Deschutes Basin Reintroduction!