NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH POWERHOUSE & FISH FACILITIES

2013 NORTHWEST HYDROOPERATORS 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 POWERHOUS

E

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 PassageDownstream Fish PassageSockeye HatcherySpring Chinook, Coho & Steelhead

HatcheryRecreation ImprovementsAllowed Powerhouse at Cushman #2

Dam

CUSHMAN NO. 1 DAM & DOWNSTREAM FISH

COLLECTOR

SALTWATER PARK HATCHERYOPERATIONAL 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 HATCHERYOPERATIONAL 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 COLLECTION FACILITY

FISH TRAMWAY

FISH SORTING FACILITY

FISH SORTING FACILITY

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

QUESTIONS?