FWA Completes the Locke Ranch Mokelumne River Project

FWA Completes the Locke Ranch Mokelumne River Project

The Sacramento-Central Valley Fish Screen Program completed their first fish screen project located on the Mokelumne River in San Joaquin County this fall for the Locke Ranch. The Locke Ranch diversion is located near the historic town of Lockeford in California. The Locke Ranch owns and operates a vertical pump on the west bank of the Mokelumne River for agricultural purposes. The maximum pumping rate is 3,600 gallons-per-minute or 8.02 cubic-feet-per-second and was originally installed in 1924. The pump station draws water directly from … [Read more...]

CICC Compton Completes Fish Screen Installation – Fall 2015

Colusa Indian Community Council Compton Diversion – Completed October 2015

The Colusa Indian Community Council (CICC) Compton diversion fish screen project was completed in October 2015. The Compton diversion is located on the Sacramento River approximately nine (9) miles north of Colusa and was funded by a 50-50 split between the CVPIA Anadromous Fish Screen Program (AFSP) administered by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and CICC. This two pump diversion is capable of pumping 22.23 cubic feet per second. New self-cleaning cone fish screens were placed at the entrance of the existing intake channel to the pump … [Read more...]

Sacramento-Central Valley Fish Screen Program Current Projects

Removing the old District equipment.

Bella Vista Water District Wintu Fish Screen Project

The Bella Vista Water District fish screen project located south of the Turtle Bay Bridge in Redding on the main stem Sacramento River was completed in March 2012 and the first of five projects installed under the current FWA fish screen program. The project consisted of replacing the existing flat plate screens with new retractable, cylindrical Intake Screens, Inc. fish screens.  The old flat plate screens did not meet screening requirements, which triggered the need for a new system.  Bella Vista not only supplies agricultural water, but … [Read More...]

Post-construction picture of screens.

South Sutter Water District Pleasant Grove Canal Completed December 2015

The South Sutter Water District (SSWD) Pleasant Grove Canal fish screen project was completed in December 2015.  This 80 cubic feet per second gravity canal is located off of the Auburn Ravine in Placer County. This project was screened with two 14-foot diameter Intake Screens, Inc. (ISI) cone screens and necessary screen components.  As a part of the project, a Pacific Gas & Electric (PGE) power line was also installed to power the fish screen system through the Aitken Ranch Mitigation Bank. An article on the … [Read More...]

FWD North diversion pre-construction.

Feather Water District North & South Diversions

The Feather Water District's (FWD) North and South Diversions, located on the Feather River in Sutter County, completed construction of barriers and fish screen systems on both diversion in the fall of 2014. The north diversion is a 78 cubic feet per second (cfs) vertical pumping station at the end of a intake channel off of the main stem Feather River.  The south diversion is a vertical pump station located at the end of a dog leg channel of the main stem with a combined total of 40.11 cfs.     Both diversions … [Read More...]