28 Sep 2023

23-048 Dworshak Dam releases to fluctuate between 2,400 and 5,000 cfs on Oct. 5 and 6 for testing

AHSAHKA, Idaho – Operators of Dworshak Dam will increase flows from 1,700 to 2,400 cubic feet per second on the evening of Oct. 4 to help minimize stage changes during testing on the following days. Between Thursday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6, releases will fluctuate due to testing required as part of annual turbine maintenance.

25 Oct 2022

22-070 US Army Corps of Engineers takes turbine out of service at Little Goose Lock and Dam to inspect and repair oil leak

STARBUCK, Wash. – Maintenance staff at Little Goose Lock and Dam have confirmed an oil leak in the Main Unit #1 turbine system, some of which was released to the Snake River. The turbine is part of the hydropower generating system at the dam.

1 Mar 2022

22-013 Corps assembles and begins installing 2nd Advanced Technology Turbine at Ice Harbor Dam

BURBANK, Wash. – The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District has completed assembly on the second of three new advanced-designed hydroelectric turbines and begun its installation at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam.

24 Jan 2020

20-002 Carbon free hydropower turbines surpasses power expectations and biological tests show improved fish passage

BURBANK, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District’s (Corps) new fixed blade hydroelectric turbine increases energy efficiency and recently concluded fish survival testing shows improved fish passage survival.

4 Jun 2019

19-067 New high-tech turbines at Ice Harbor improve safety for fish, produce more power

BURBANK, Wash. – An advanced-design hydroelectric turbine, built to improve fish passage at federal dams in the Columbia River Basin, has been installed, commissioned and accepted at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, in southeast Washington on the Snake River.

13 May 2016

Federal Partners unveil new turbine: safer for fish – more efficient

BURBANK, Wash. – An advanced-technology turbine, designed to improve fish passage at federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers is being installed at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam in southeast Washington state.

14 Apr 2016

16-017 Corps awards turbine repair contract; turbine removed after 20 years

LOWER SNAKE RIVER, Wash. – The march toward modernizing the Corps hydropower facilities continued on Apr. 7, 2016, when workers at Lower Monumental Lock and Dam lifted the unit 1 turbine out of the turbine pit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Corps is the Nation’s largest hydropower producer and the Walla Walla District is the Corps’ 2nd largest hydropower producer. The Walla Walla District awarded a $12.9 million contract to ANDRITZ HYDRO in July 2015, for generator winding replacement and turbine cavitation repairs to modernize the hydroelectric facilities at Lower Monumental Dam.