TY - JOUR
TI - Fish Protection Technologies: A Status Report
AU - Taft, E
T2 - Environmental Science & Policy
AB - Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act has required that “best technology available” (BTA) be used to minimize adverse environmental impacts resulting from operation of the cooling water intake structure (CWIS). The primary effects of CWIS operations are the entrainment of small aquatic organisms through the cooling water system and the impingement of larger life stages on traveling water screens. Extensive research has been conducted since the early 1970s in attempts to develop technologies that will minimize entrainment and impingement. As a result, a suite of technologies is available that can be considered for application as the BTA at the CWIS. Available technologies include fish collection systems, fish diversion systems, physical barriers and behavioral barriers. The ability of a given technology to meet BTA requirements is influenced by a wide variety of biological, environmental and engineering factors that must be evaluated on a site-specific basis. The status of systems and devices in each category of fish protection alternatives is presented.
DA - 2000/09//
PY - 2000
VL - 3
IS - 1
SP - 349
EP - 359
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901100000381
DO - 10.1016/S1462-9011(00)00038-1
LA - English
KW - Fish
ER -