Sky Dam - new plan
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Topic: Sky Dam - new plan
Posted By: otterend
Subject: Sky Dam - new plan
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 4:24pm
http://www.djc.com/news/en/12064466.html
Snohomish County PUD's new plan for power generation proposes no dam, but instead a deep-pool catchment and tunnel design to generate power.
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Posted By: BRoss
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 2:48pm
SnoPUD certainly seems determined to get something done. This option seems somewhat better than the dam, in that they only dewater Sunset, returning the water to the river. One question, would that water be dirty or contaminated in any way by the turbines?
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"That boated a lot better than it looked." "It always does until it doesn't."
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Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 4:45pm
This is what I hear from someone in the know:
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the area of the proposed intake, the river creates its own little
pond. That natural pond eliminates the need for a weir which would have
cost $10 million dollars. If licensed by the Feds, this will still be
a major industrial construction project. SnoPUD will still have to
blast a half mile, 19 foot diameter, tunnel out of the granite bedrock
to get from the intake to the turbine(s)."
Here's a link to the details via pdf, the Sunset 'Fish Passage and Energy' part of it starts on page 21:
http://www.snopud.com/Site/Content/Documents/commpacket/20140415_BoardBook.pdf - http://www.snopud.com/Site/Content/Documents/commpacket/20140415_BoardBook.pdf
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It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle.
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Posted By: septimus prime
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 5:35pm
After what happened on the NF Stilly, I can not believe the same County Government is planning this bull sh*t.
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Jon Shell Bee
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Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 7:57pm
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Originally posted by slickhorn
One question: who are these asshats and how do we fire them?
Stoked to see this topic revived, otterend-
NOT stoked on these asshats tho...
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Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 8:06pm
And yeah, Septimus- point well taken. But not only that, next time you go up to run the Sky, go ahead and drive up Mt. Index Rd and view all the devistation (if you haven't already) from the landslides they have been nailed by since december...
So, you don't even need to look so far away as NF Stilly for an example- the example is right there next to Sunset Falls.
The fact that our species seems to have no quenching for its thirst for energy is really discouraging. Tired of all this BULLsh*t TALK of conservation. Conserve whats left by not building more bullsh*t just so a few rich white men can turn another buck.
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Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 12:25pm
From the PUD's propaganda page... er... press release:
"Starting May 1, the PUD will survey customers about the Sunset Fish
Passage & Energy Project. The survey will cover public access,
recreation, aesthetics and other background information. Visit http://www.snopud.com/?p=1956 - www.snopud.com/sunset
in May to take the survey. Prize drawings for restaurant gift cards
will be awarded. The utility encourages customers to participate."
YO! All of you who are SnoHo PUD customers, like myself... Make sure you take that survey once it's up! I just hope that the survey is not so skewed as to not allow the answers that we really want to give. i.e. "Leave the river the hell alone"
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Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 12:28pm
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And the PUD is also looking at projects in the NF Snoqualmie drainage.... They want to put small hydropower projects onto Calligan and Hancock creeks. Which are smaller tributaries draining from large lakes of the same names into the NF Snoqualmie. Both drain into the NF Snoqualmie along the class 3 section of that river (upstream of Ernie's).
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Posted By: otterend
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 1:07pm
Public works projects that impact areas of natural beauty provoke some of the most vigorous debates in local communities. River projects have a long history in the U.S., with mixed results, and
continuing environmental impacts. The Emerald Mile (2013), by Kevin Fedarko, is an excellent examination of the construction of the Glen Canyon dam, the creation of Lake Powell above and the dam’s impact on the Colorado River below through the Grand Canyon. For boaters, the book’s draw is irresistible, telling the story of the record speed run down the Canyon. To say there’s a moment at Crystal Rapid is not giving anything away. But it’s also worth the read to reflect on the history of the economics, politics and consequences surrounding the development of hydroelectric projects. Fedarko’s insights shed light on the Sky (even without a dam).
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