Family Water Alliance (FWA) in conjunction with its partners, The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB), Anadromous Fish Screen Team (AFSP), the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), MBK Engineers, and Reclamation Districts No. 307 and No. 999 installed of a retrievable fish screen system on the Districts' river levee siphon that is owned by Reclamation District No. 307 and operated by Reclamation District No. 999. The project is located on the right bank of the Sacramento River Bay-Delta region, at river mile 43.3, approximately 0.75 miles upstream of the town of Clarksburg, in Yolo County. The screen contractor, Intake Screens, Inc., has screened the siphon with a new configuration 100 CFS fish screen, which is currently the largest system installed under the Sacramento River Small Diversion Fish Screen Program.
This project was completed in October 2006, and is currently under the monitoring portion of the program. Monitoring is being done by the contractor, Family Water Alliance and Big Valley Divers, Inc., a 4-man OSHA certified dive team.
Original site picture from top of levee. |
Original site picture at toe of levee. |
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Reclamation District No. 999 installed an Intake Screens, Inc. 100 CFS H-configuration self-cleaning, retractable fish screen system. |
The fish screen is shown being retracted from the river into an enclosed platform with cage. |
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