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WEJ - Wells Dam Bypass Bay Sample

Bypass Bay 2 on the right (west) side of Wells dam on the Columbia River, Washington. During the first year of operation, the top middle four windows of the 64 open windows in the bypass baffle were monitored by antennas to detect a sample of PIT tagged fish using the bypass bay. In 2017, the configuration was expanded to monitor 16 of the 64 open windows in the middle right column.

Operated by:

DC1PUD

First year:

2016

Last year:

2019

RKM:

830

Site Contacts

Steward

Tom Kahler
tkahler@dcpud.org
(509) 881-2322

POC

Brett Turley
Brett.turley@biomark.com
(208) 955-6771

Map

Photo Gallery

"WEJ Overview"

WEJ Overview Download Image

"WEJ Configuration 100"

WEJ Configuration 100 Download Image

"WEJ Configuration 110"

WEJ Configuration 110 Download Image

Operational Dates

Year	Start Date	End Date	Notes
2016	4/27/2016	9/16/2016	Spill terminated at midnight on August 19. Equipment was removed September 16.
2017	4/6/2017		Bypass spill begins midnight April 8.
2018
2019

Current and Historic Site Configurations

Select Configuration Number

Config Seq: 110

Start Date: 4/6/2017

End Date:

Antenna Group Name	Antenna ID
Baffle Section 1	A1
Baffle Section 1	A2
Baffle Section 2	A3
Baffle Section 2	A4
Baffle Section 2	A5
Baffle Section 3	A6
Baffle Section 3	A7
Baffle Section 3	A8
Baffle Section 4	B1
Baffle Section 4	B2
Baffle Section 4	B3
Baffle Section 5	B4
Baffle Section 5	B5
Baffle Section 5	B6
Baffle Section 6	B7
Baffle Section 6	B8

Config Seq: 100

Start Date: 3/15/2016

End Date: 4/6/2017

Antenna Group Name	Antenna ID
Top Row	E2
Top Row	E3
Bottom Row	E6
Bottom Row	E7

Event Logs

Event Date	Comments	User
05/03/2016 12:48 PM	Connected data computers with the Master Controller. Set up computers to upload data to PTAGIS. Installed a firewall and antivirus, and TeamViewer on both data computers.	bturley
05/25/2016 10:40 AM	Douglas PUD electricians completed the CAN bus cable conduit run and ran the cable through it.	bturley
09/01/2016 10:09 AM	Site was shut down on 9/1/16 at 07:20 and the antennas were removed from the water. It will be down until spring of 2017.	bturley
04/07/2017 10:50 AM	12 antennas and IS1001s and a Master Controller were installed at bypass bay 2 in addition to the existing 4 antennas and Master Controller to make a total of 16. The top 8 antenna IDs are A1 through A8 and the bottom 8 antenna IDs are B1 through B8. The two MCs and the 16 IS1001s were flashed with version 1.6.2 The spillbay is set to open on 4/8.	bturley
07/12/2017 12:26 PM	Performed data computer updates.	bturley
08/30/2017 01:43 PM	I turned off site checking and uploading of data files for the season.	bturley
08/30/2017 01:50 PM	Bypass operations at Wells Dam ended on 8/19/2017 at 24:00, and will resume in April 2018. The WEJ site was taken down on 8/30/2017 at 13:43, and will resume data transmission upon resumption of bypass operations in April 2018. The three tags detected between the end of bypass operations on 8/19/2017 and taking the site down on 8/30/2017, were fish milling in the Wells forebay, rather than passage events.	tkahler
02/07/2018 08:23 AM	I updated firmware to both Master Controllers and all IS1001 readers to version 1.6.3. Also performed Windows updates on both data computers.	bturley
04/02/2018 01:23 PM	Site set up to upload tag files to PTAGIS. I also enabled site checking.	bturley
08/20/2018 12:00 AM	Bypass operations at Wells Dam ended at midnight (PDT) on August 19, 2018. WEJ detections continue, but such detections are not bypass events because the spillway bypass gates are closed. Configuration of WEJ antennas in the forebay trash-rack slots upstream of the spillway gates allows for detections of fish swimming by or through antennas even when the spillway gates are closed. Bypass operations will resume in April 2019. Therefore, fish detected at WEJ from 8/20/2018 to April 2019 are not passing through the bypass unit.	tkahler
12/26/2018 12:00 PM	A power outage took WEJ down the morning of December 26, 2018, but battery backup allowed detections through 12:10:33 PM. Site recovered on December 31, 2018 7:50:20 AM (PST)	tkahler
12/31/2018 07:50 PM	WEJ recovered from a power outage that took it down the morning of December 26, 2018. Site recovered on December 31, 2018 7:50:20 AM (PST)	tkahler