Dam inspection

[fishinwrench]

BRANSON, Mo. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Table Rock Project Office, in coordination with the Corps of Engineers Little Rock District Operations and Engineering Division, is conducting a periodic underwater inspection and minor preventive maintenance on the upstream side of the Table Rock Dam.

This effort is being coordinated with, and providing benefit to, the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Shepherd of the Hills fish hatchery just downstream of the dam. The hatchery is undergoing a major rehabilitation and expansion construction project. To proceed with certain construction activities MDC needs water shut off from the main fishery intake valve, providing an opportunity now to accommodate Army divers to perform maintenance and minor repairs to the main valve grate without impact to dam operations and hydropower generation.

This effort is being conducted with the support of the Army's 86th Mighty Beaver Dive Team, from Fort Eustis, Va. A Table Rock official said this maintenance effort is a “win-win” between the Corps and the Army dive team. The Corps is receiving very cost efficient services and the Army dive team is receiving important training as well.

The work started Monday and will continue through Thursday. The divers’ equipment and work staging area is set up along the roadway on top of the dam during this time. Although the roadway is not blocked, the Corps asks travelers to slow down to safely pass the divers as they work.

For more information, please contact the Table Rock Project Office at 417-334-4101, extension 3048.

[Phil Lilley]

That's why there's a pump in Taney pumping water to the hatchery... I heard about this. Make sense.

If they shut the water off at the hatchery altogether, how long do you think it would take before fish started dying? 23 minutes? 25 minutes?

They should have a backup system, don't you think?

If this were to happen, if Shepherd lost EVERY trout in the hatchery, consider the economic impact it would have on the state.

[bojack]

hey wrench~~kinda nice to go to a site where everyone is bashing everyone else. bojack

[bojack]

sorry~~should of said where everyone ISN'T bashing everyone. nice to talk fishing.

bojack