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Tag Archives: hydropower
November rainfall continues October’s precedent
November rainfall at the projects has already exceeded the month’s averages on the heels of October’s record-setting pace. To date, Russell outpaces the others by more than doubling its average of 3.5 inches in 12 days. Russell captured 7.4 inches, … Continue reading
Corps tests gates at Hartwell, Thurmond dams
The Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted limited engineering and operations tests on spillway gates at Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond dams, Aug. 25 and 26, respectively. Watch Thurmond’s gate test here. Beth Williams, project engineer for the … Continue reading
Thurmond spillway gates receive a tune-up
Spillway gates at Thurmond sub-basin are currently undergoing repair on a number of areas where pitting has developed on the surface of the gates. The gates are armored with industrial grade coating, which typically lasts 30 years, to protect them … Continue reading
Posted in Flood Risk Management, Water Management, Water Quality/Water Supply
Tagged American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Augusta Industrial Coatings, congress, Construction Services Group, hydropower, hydropower plant, Lake Thurmond, maintenance, rain, rainfall, repair, reservoir, reservoir levels, spillway gates, Stimulus Plan, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, water management
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For Thurmond Lake fish, D-O is a G-O
Recently we received this comment about dissolved oxygen and pumpback at the Russell Dam: “As I recall, the Russell project was initially accompanied by much debate over water quality and fish. Has the addition of underwater oxygen injection resolved the … Continue reading
Why is there so much fluctuation between the Thurmond & Stevens Creek dams?
Earlier this summer we asked readers what topics they want to read about on Balancing the Basin. Here’s one of many questions we received: “Why there is so much fluctuation of river levels between Thurmond dam and Stevens Creek dam?” … Continue reading
Russell Lake: Generating power while protecting other reservoirs’ levels
Earlier we asked readers to pose questions they would like us to address in Balancing the Basin. One reader asked why Richard B. Russell Lake varies little in its level and if it could be used to protect the levels … Continue reading
Posted in Hydropower, Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, downstream, fluctuate, Hartwell Lake, hydropower, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, lake levels, pumpback, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Dam, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, turbines, water quality, water supply
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What determines outflows during normal operations?
On a June 11 post we solicited input from readers on topics they would like to see covered on this blog. One of the responses we received asked for more information on how release rates are determined during normal operations. … Continue reading
Posted in Water Management
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, conservation storage, drought, Hartwell Lake, high water, hydropower, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, lake levels, outflows, projection, Richard B. Russell Lake, Savannah River, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, water management, Water Managers, winter drawdown
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Our outlook on summer reservoir levels
While summer doesn’t officially start until June 21, to most of us in the Savannah River Basin, it feels like summer is already here. Temperatures are heating up, the ground is drying, and the trees are lush and green as … Continue reading
A lot of dam training
What does it take to operate and maintain a dam? Technical aptitude, well-honed skills, teamwork—and a lot of dam training. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District provides a rigorous, four-year apprenticeship program that trains college students to work … Continue reading
Posted in Hydropower
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Elberton, electrician, employees, Georgia, Hartwell Dam, Hartwell Lake, hydropower, Lowndensville, mechanic, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Dam, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, South Carolina, trainees, training
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