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Presentation to WEFTEC 2000 by Curtis DeGasperi - Foster Wheeler

Design of Optimum Selective Withdrawal Operation for Temperature Management at Round Butte Dam, Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Presentation to WEFTEC 2000 by Curtis DeGasperi - Foster Wheeler Tarang Khangaonkar – Foster Wheeler Steven Breithaupt – Foster Wheeler

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Presentation to WEFTEC 2000 by Curtis DeGasperi - Foster Wheeler

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  1. Design of Optimum Selective Withdrawal Operation for Temperature Management at Round Butte Dam, Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon Presentation to WEFTEC 2000 by Curtis DeGasperi - Foster Wheeler Tarang Khangaonkar – Foster Wheeler Steven Breithaupt – Foster Wheeler Kevin Marshall – Portland General Electric (PGE) October 18, 2000

  2. Study Area – Deschutes Basin

  3. Study Area – Lake Billy Chinook Columbia River Portland, Oregon Deschutes River Basin Lake Billy Chinook

  4. Study Area

  5. Study Area – Problem Definition Cool river runoff Warm river runoff

  6. Problem Definition • Pelton Round Butte Project – Existing Condition • Inflow from three different tributaries • Release of colder bottom water at Round Butte • Seasonal stratification in Lake Billy Chinook (LBC) • Complex flow patterns in the reservoir • Result • Ineffective fish passage at Round Butte Dam • Modification of downstream temperature regime

  7. Problem Definition

  8. Objective and Modeling Approach • Primary Objective: Re-establish downstream fish passage at Round Butte Dam • Provide required downstream attraction flow • Make effective modification of reservoir flow patterns • Secondary Objective – Address project-related in-lake and downstream water quality issues • Modeling Approach - Develop the ability to simulate hydrodynamic behavior and water quality response of Lake Billy Chinook

  9. Development of BETTER Water Quality Model • Background • Water quality limited [303(d)] listing for Lake Billy Chinook for chlorophyll a and pH • Lake productivity establishes available food sources and also affects dissolved oxygen (DO) and pH levels • Objective • Develop a predictive water quality (eutrophication) model of Lake Billy Chinook

  10. Development of BETTER Water Quality Model

  11. BETTER Water Quality Model

  12. Development of BETTER Water Quality Model Recommend preliminary calibration to existing 1995 data Calibrate model to match observed in-lake temperature, TSS, DO, pH, alkalinity, algal biomass, and nutrients Apply the calibrated model to proposed Blend 13 operational modification

  13. Field Data Station Locations(1994-1997) and (January-July 1999)

  14. BETTER Model Segmentation

  15. BETTER Model Segmentation

  16. BETTER Model GeometryDeschutes branch geometry

  17. BETTER Model Geometry

  18. BETTER Model Inputs • Hydrology – Tributary flow and temperature, and powerhouse withdrawal • Climatology – Air and dew point temperature, wind speed, solar radiation • Water Quality – DO, pH, alkalinity, nutrients, organic matter, algae

  19. Tributary Inflows and Rainfall1995

  20. Meteorological Inputs - 1995

  21. Water Quality Inputs Temperature 1995

  22. Temperature CalibrationForebay Temperature Profiles - 1995

  23. Temperature Verification – Forebay Temperature Profiles - 1999

  24. Model Alternative Studies Detail Specifications of Alternatives 1-4

  25. Development of Selective Withdrawal Alternative • Design Criteria - Compliance with temperature standards • Release of cold surface waters in winter and spring • Deeper colder water stored for release in summer • Release of surface water with deeper colder water as needed • Hydrodynamic model results indicated that surface withdrawal provides currents beneficial to fish collection

  26. Temperature CorrelationRBD and Rereg

  27. Surface/Bottom Water BlendingBlend 2: regression to Rereg temperature Percentage of Surface Water Withdrawn

  28. Surface/Bottom Water BlendingBlend 4: regression to Rereg temperature Percentage of Surface Water Withdrawn

  29. Surface/Bottom Water BlendingBlend 13: regression to Rereg temperature Percentage of Surface Water Withdrawn

  30. Blend13 vs. Existing Condition - LBC 1995 temperature Existing Blend 13 Deschutes Branch Existing Metolius Branch Crooked Branch

  31. Summary and Conclusions • Temperature calibration/verification complete • Preliminary water quality calibration complete • Model Application to Blend 13 Selective Withdrawal run • Increase in in-lake and discharged DO • Improves in-lake and downstream temperatures • Small increase in pH • Proposed model improvements • Sampling to define tributary BOD and detritus loads

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