Walla Walla Fish Screen Improvement
#06-2237 #06-2237
Organization Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Walla Walla County Conservation District
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 1/3/2007 End Date: 1/29/2010
Category Category: Restoration
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DESCRIPTION
The Walla Walla County Conservation District used this grant to fund the installation or remediation of 21 fish screens that were not performing correctly. Since 2001, the WDFW Cooperative Compliance Review Program, in partnership with the Walla Walla County Conservation District, has been highly successful in reducing juvenile fish mortality by placing over 300 state- and federally-approved fish screens on irrigation pumps throughout Walla Walla County. While over 95% of the installed fish screens worked properly from the time of their installation (and continue to do so), there are a few that have been significantly and continuously problematic for the irrigator. In these few cases, the screens failed to provide protection from impingement and did not fully supply allotted water to the irrigator. The biggest problem came from partial plugging of the screen, which resulted in diminished flow and increased inrush velocity. This was especially true of passive screens in the early spring when the screens were sitting on the bottom in swift, deep, silt-laden waters, and in late summer when flows dropped below 2 fps and large amounts of algae accumulated in still water. These conditions often required the irrigator to clean their screen several times daily. These conditions became very counter- productive and were quite difficult and dangerous during periods of swift high water. At times, irrigators were forced to remove the screen, often replacing it with their old non-compliant
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested09/27/2006Walla Walla County Conservation DistrictMatch$13,900.00
Requested09/27/2006Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$77,100.00
Allocated11/18/2009Walla Walla County Conservation DistrictMatch$13,900.00
Allocated11/18/2009Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects$77,100.00
Spent01/29/2010Walla Walla County Conservation DistrictMatch-$13,900.00
Spent01/29/2010Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon Federal Projects-$77,100.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$91,000.00 $91,000.00 $91,000.00 $91,000.00 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted
City Areas:College Place
County:Walla Walla
HUC12:Lower Mill Creek (170701020204)
HUC12:Mud Creek-Walla Walla River (170701021102)
HUC8:Walla Walla (17070102)
Lead Entity Area:Snake River
Legislative District:16
Salmon Recovery Regions:Snake River
Sections:25
Sections:38
Snake Major Spawning Areas:Middle Walla Walla River
Snake Major Spawning Areas:Mill Creek-Walla Walla River
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Walla Walla River, Threatened
Township:T07NR34E
Township:T07NR35E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Walla Walla Agricultural Lands
WRIA:Walla Walla
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RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.12mi0.07mi
Fish Screening Project    
Quantity Of Water Protected By Screens (acre feet per year) (C.1.b)
0.00acre-ft/yr0.00acre-ft/yr
 Fish screens replaced or modified (C.1.d.1)    
Number Of Fish Screens Replaced Or Modified (C.1.d.2)
13.00
The Flow Rate Of Screened Water (C.1.d.3)
20.00cfs
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