Detailed project information for Study Plan Number 05004

Branch :	Restoration Technologies Branch
Study Plan Number :	05004
Study Title :	Reducing environmental impacts of hydropower generation: development of a new methods
Starting Date :	02/01/1999
Completion Date :	10/01/2005
Principal Investigator(s) :	Watten, Barnaby
Primary PI :	Watten, Barnaby
Telephone Number :	(304) 724-4425
Email Address :	barnaby_watten@usgs.gov
SIS Number :	5003422
Primary Program Element :	Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Second Program Element :	Fish and Aquatic Habitats
Status :	Active
Abstract :	A variety of physical, chemical and biological factors are implicated in North American Fishery declines including habitat destruction, obstructions to natural fish movement, poor water quality, over harvest and competition from non-indigenous species. Dams are the most visible of these causal agents. In America, there are 68,000 dams two stories or higher and an estimated 2,000,000 smaller dams with some 600,000 miles of impacted water (Haberman, 1995). Dams degrade riverine habitat and impede movement of migratory fishes to and from their natural streams (Raymond, 1979). Unquestionably, dams are required in certain areas for flood control and overall have played an important role in providing energy needed to support a growing American economy. There is a need, however, to reduce impacts on fishery resources through application of improved hydropower technologies.
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