Site Type

Site Name

BGM - Burlingame Dam and Canal

Burlingame Diversion Dam is located on the lower Walla Walla River. This site consists of detectors in the dam's fish passage facilities, as well as in the canal intake.

Operated by:

CTUIR

First year:

2007

Last year:

2018

RKM:

509.059

Site Contacts

Steward

June Johnson
Junejohnson@ctuir.org
(514) 429-7545

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Operational Dates

Year	Start Date	End Date	Notes
2014	1/1/2014	12/30/2014
2015	2/2/2015	1/1/2016
2016	1/1/2016	12/19/2016
2017	1/6/2017	1/1/2018
2007	1/24/2007	1/1/2008	First year of operation. Ladder antennas F3 & F4 were installed on Jan. 24, and the slot antenna F5 was installed on Feb. 8. The transceiver was off between Feb. 13 and March 2. Antennas F1 & F2 were installed in the canal during February, but the canal did not water up until March 13. The canal was dewatered between July 7 and October 1. On September 6, the irrigation district opened two full sets of boards on the spillway. Antenna F5 was installed on September 24, to cover passage through the spillway slot.
2008	1/1/2008	1/1/2009	There was a power outage from Jan. 3 through early afternoon on Jan. 8.
2009	1/1/2009	1/1/2010	The fish bypass canal antenna was shut down on Jan. 9, 2009. The canal was re-watered on March 1, and the antennas activated. The canal was dewatered on Dec. 20, 2009.
2010	1/1/2010	1/1/2011	The computer was shut down for the bypass antenna (FB) on Jan. 9, 2010; the canal was dewatered on Dec. 20, 2009. The adult fishway and bypass slot antennas (F3-F6) are still active. As of Oct. 2, the canal was open with water running through it; the canal bypass antennas (F1, F2, and FB) were active. The canal was desatered on Dec. 27, 2010.
2011	1/1/2011	1/1/2012	The canal dectectors, which were deactivated when the canal was dewatered on Dec. 27, 2010, were reactivated on March 7, 2011, when the canal gates were opened and the canal watered up. Antenna F1 sequenced out from January 28-August 29, due to a shed tag in its field. Antenna FB shut down from August 5-September 29, due to lack of water in the canal.
2012	1/1/2012	1/1/2013
2013	1/1/2013	1/1/2014	Irrigation canal (F1, F2 and FB) dewatered January 1-March 1 and October 1-December 31. Lost data from antenna FB March 2-April 9, May 14-21.
2018	1/1/2018

Current and Historic Site Configurations

Select Configuration Number

Config Seq: 110

Start Date: 8/12/2008

End Date:

Antenna Group Name	Antenna ID
CANAL INTAKE	F1
CANAL INTAKE	F2
ADULT FISHWAY	F3
ADULT FISHWAY	F4
BYPASS SLOT	F5
Bypass Slot	F6
CANAL EXIT	FB

Config Seq: 100

Start Date: 10/30/2006

End Date: 8/12/2008

Antenna Group Name	Antenna ID
CANAL INTAKE	F1
CANAL INTAKE	F2
ADULT FISHWAY	F3
ADULT FISHWAY	F4
BYPASS SLOT	F5
Bypass Slot	F6

Event Logs

Event Date	Comments	User
12/31/2013 03:58 PM	Fish Bypass (FB) - 3/2/13 to 4/9/13 @ 16:52 - Transceiver off at site. No data collected.	newlonc
12/31/2013 03:58 PM	Fish Bypass (FB) - 5/14/13 @ 18:10 to 5/21/13 @ 07:10- Battery backup issues. Transceiver off at site. No data collected.	newlonc
12/31/2013 03:58 PM	Fish Bypass (FB) - 5/4/13 @ 12:00 to 5/10/13 @ 07:50- Battery backup issues. Transceiver off at site. No data collected.	newlonc
12/31/2013 03:58 PM	Irrigation canal (F1 & F2 & FB) 1/1/2013 to 3/1/2013 @ 09:00 - Bypass canal shut down, no water in canal.	newlonc
12/31/2013 03:58 PM	Mainstem site - All 2013 data has been uploaded to PTAGIS.	newlonc
01/14/2014 11:06 AM	Irrigation canal (F1 & F2 & FB) 10/1/2013 to 12/31/2013 - Bypass canal shut down, no water in canal.	newlonc
05/20/2015 09:20 AM	Files BGM15136.A9 and BGM15136.B9 were created to fill the data gaps when the mux at the BGM ladder lost its date/time settings on 5/16/15.	bturley
11/02/2015 08:46 AM	I lost cell communications with the BGM ladder on 11/2. According to Clinton at CTUIR the site is running. I'm working to restore comms to the site.	bturley
11/06/2015 09:45 AM	Communications were restored at the Burlingame ladder mux. I downloaded the mux buffer and uploaded tags to PTAGIS.	bturley
09/21/2016 09:39 AM	BGM Bypass IS-1001 firmware was updated to 1.6.1	bturley
12/19/2016 08:57 AM	Power was lost on 12/11/16 at both the bypass and fish ladder. Clinton Case with CTUIR is trying to get the power back on. Possibly a tripped circuit breaker.	bturley
01/05/2017 01:15 PM	The BGM fish ladder was down due to a power outage (possibly a bad transformer) from 12/12 at @ 13:28 to 1/4 at 14:28. A temporary extension cord is being used to provide power until the electrical problems are fixed. The BGM fish bypass was also down due to electrical problems down from 12/12 at @ 13:28 to 12/20 at 16:12 PST.	bturley
01/06/2017 09:19 AM	The electrical problem was solved on the ladder reader. So the site is running on permanent power again.	bturley
01/09/2017 02:00 PM	BGM lost power again on 1/9/17 after 13:29. CTUIR personnel got the bypass portion back running on 1/19, but I still can't communicate remotely with the ladder.	bturley
01/24/2017 12:00 PM	Power was restored to the ladder system on 1/24. An electrician installed a new outdoor outlet.	bturley
07/19/2017 07:31 AM	I reset the clock to the ladder mux.	bturley
11/06/2017 08:58 AM	Updated clocks on both the ladder mux and the bypass IS1001.	bturley
01/12/2018 08:35 AM	Antenna 05 was lost during a high flow event on 12/31.	bturley
02/01/2018 01:31 PM	Reset the time on the readers.	bturley

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