Good news for a change. We were finally able to reconstruct the infiltration gallery which allowed us to get down and dirty and try to bring water to the intake. Previous to this we had to direct any flow away to make sure we did not deposit any silt down stream and affect the aquatic environment.
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| Excavator Placing Rocks |
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| Completed Intake |
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Once the excavator was finished we went to town to increase the flow to the intake. Day one was not overly successful since we were still unable to operate the pumps for any length of time despite moving rocks to direct the flow at the intake.
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| River Flow: Day1 |
Next day we went at it again with rakes to deepen the channel to increase the flow velocity. We also began constructing a weir out in the main river channel to try to direct more flow down our channel. Those two tasks gave enough water for us to operate one pump (so far it has been running since 2:15 p.m. on Thursday).
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| Man Made Weir |
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| Good Flow to Intake |
Depending on the flow in the main channel we may have to go and extend the weir but it is nice to see at least on pump operate for over 12 hours. Traditionally, any time we are able to get flow it only lasts for a couple days since, depending on weather, the flow in the river continues to drop. When that happens we will extend the weir further into the main channel and, hopefully, fill the reservoir before I have to winterize the irrigation and transfer systems.
I never found my camera so I used bottle money to buy a new one - don't tell anyone on the finance committee! I chose one that is somewhat shock resistant and water resistant. At the end of yesterday I was saw the Kokanee doing their thing so I took a picture:
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| Under Water Fish Picture |
