Archive for July 22nd, 2010

Management of Lower Deschutes water temperatures has begun

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 by Don Ratliff

Don Ratliff, PGE senior biologist July 1 marked the beginning of a new era of managing temperatures on the lower Deschutes. Hydro operators adjusted some controls on the new Round Butte Selective Water Withdrawal Tower (SWW) and the lower Deschutes River grew cooler. They had begun mixing the cold, deep water in Lake Billy Chinook with warmer water on the surface.

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