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Exploring the use of temperature to understand recent drought and project future conditions in the Colorado River Basin
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Rebecca Smith
This project will systematically characterize and assess the available sources of CRB temperature information, resulting in a more organized view of the data that Reclamation has produced or collected over the course of multiple projects. The in-depth analysis of the observed record will increase Reclamation's understanding of how basin efficiencies may have shifted during the ongoing drought and how they may continue to shift. The evaluation of the different ensembles will result in experimental projections that demonstrate the utility of the CRB Projection Testbed, which was recently developed within Reclamation. Skillful midterm projections can provide a more accurate view of potential risks to the CRB system.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2021
- Conventional Hydro
Fall Creek Reservoir Drawdowns
Lead Companies
U.S. Geological Survey
Lead Researcher (s)
- Mackenzie Keith, Liam Schenk, Oregon Water Science Center
Geomorphic and sediment response to annual drawdowns at Fall Creek Reservoir, Oregon, for fish passage purposes
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Sediment Transport
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2021
- Conventional Hydro
Fish Exclusion Challenge for Hydropower
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Bo Saulsbury
The Fish Exclusion Prize will seek innovative ideas on ways to reduce the time, costs, and technology limitations associated with effective fish exclusion at hydropower dams. PNNL will support the technical analysis, as well as the voucher program to be supplied to prize finalists and winners.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Fish Passage at River Diversion Juncture: A Science-Based Approach
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Yong Lai
The proposed research is to develop a science-based approach for design and evaluation of alternatives that may enhance fish entrainment or reduce fish passage through a diversion channel at a river juncture. Downstream migrating juvenile salmon will be the target. It will answer the following research questions: (1) Can fish passage through a diversion channel at a river juncture be predicted using a science-based, numerical modeling tool? (2) Can the diversion channel may be manipulated to increase the fish entrainment? (3) Can the effect of a physical boom, as a fish barrier, on fish passage through the diversion channel be predicted? (4) What are the key hydrodynamic features that fish will respond to?
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2021
- Conventional Hydro
Fish Tag Enhancement for Water Quality and Physiological Monitoring
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Daniel Deng
Completed projects with no scope descriptions
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
complete
Completion Date
2019
- Conventional Hydro
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Drinking Water in Oregon
Lead Companies
U.S. Geological Survey
Lead Researcher (s)
- Kurt Carpenter
Drinking water sources serving significant portions of Oregon's population have large reservoirs in their headwaters, which are subject to Harmful Algal Blooms or that release nutrients downstream that support in-stream algal production, either of which can generate toxins affecting the drinking water safety. This study seeks to better evaluate risks to drinking water sources from HABs including the ways that reservoir operations affect algal toxin formation. Nutrient sources to the reservoirs from upstream land management, including wildfire and resource extraction are also included. Recent data collection efforts include lake profiling buoys and satellite imagery to help with situational awareness as blooms develop and provide real-time notification.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
HydroPASSAGE
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Lara Aston
This project provides information and tools to increase fish survival through turbines and other hydropower structures across the U.S. and around the world.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2021
- Conventional Hydro
Impacts of Grade Control Structure Installations on Hydrology and Sediment Transport as an Adaptive Management Strategy
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Deborah Tosline
What are the impacts of Grade Control Structures (GCSs) installed in ephemeral drainages on storm flows, local hydrology, soil moisture, and sediment transport and do GCSs reduce sediment deposition in reservoirs, enhance local water resources, reduce stream velocities, support ecosystems and optimize watershed function?
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Improvement in the accuracy and speed of riparian vegetation simulation
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Jianchun Victor Huang
The proposed research aims to develop a reach scale numerical model to simulate long-term vegetation establishment, growth, and desiccation while avoiding the limitation of the 1D model that can only represent the vegetation at limited locations. The model will bridge the gap between a 1D numerical model that is over simplified to cover a reach as long as 100 miles over decades and a vegetation map that needs detailed information regarding each vegetation zone.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Shoreline and Riparian Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
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