NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH POWERHOUSE & FISH FACILITIES 2013 NORTHWEST HYDRO OPERATORS FORUM STEVEN FISCHER, P.E.

Olympia Tacoma Seattle Shelton Cushman CUSHMAN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT

NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH RIVER LAKE CUSHMAN NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH RIVER POWER TUNNEL AND PENSTOCKS NO. 2 POWERHOUSE NO. 1 DAM AND POWERHOUSE LAKE KOKANEE NO. 2 DAM

AGENDA Background Cushman Settlement Agreement 2009 Future Floating Surface Collector Future Fish Hatcheries North Fork Skokomish Powerhouse and Fish Facilities Overview Powerhouse Fish Collection Pool Fish Tram Jib Crane Fish Sorting and Handling Facility Lessons Learned Design Lessons Learned Operations

2009 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT  Upstream Fish Passage  Downstream Fish Passage  Sockeye Hatchery  Spring Chinook, Coho & Steelhead Hatchery  Recreation Improvements  Allowed Powerhouse at Cushman #2 Dam

CUSHMAN NO. 1 DAM & DOWNSTREAM FISH COLLECTOR

SALTWATER PARK HATCHERY OPERATIONAL 2015 Saltwater Park – Skokomish Tribe Raise 2,000,000 Sockeye fry per year to plant in Lake Cushman Uses spring water from hillside

NORTH FORK SALMON HATCHERY OPERATIONAL 2015 Raise over 400,000 Chinook, Steelhead and Coho smolts to plant in the North Fork below the dam Uses water from Lake Kokanee

NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH POWERHOUSE & FISH FACILITIES

POWERHOUSE CONTROL FLOOR

POWERHOUSE TURBINE/GENERATOR FLOOR

FISH COLLECTION FACILITY

FISH TRAMWAY

FISH SORTING FACILITY

LESSONS LEARNED DESIGN  Planning Space

LESSONS LEARNED DESIGN  Planning Space

LESSONS LEARNED DESIGN  Engineering Design vs. Contractor Design

LESSONS LEARNED DESIGN  Don’t Over Design – Simple is Good

LESSONS LEARNED OPERATIONS  Think About Maintenance

LESSONS LEARNED OPERATIONS  Think About Operator Location

LESSONS LEARNED OPERATIONS  Think About The Operator

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