Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screen Guideline

Table of Contents

1.0   Introduction

2.0   Guideline Objective

3.0   Information Requirements for Evaluation of Intake Screens

4.0   Design, Installation, & Maintenance or Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screens

4.1    Fish Screen Criteria

4.2    Design of Fixed End-of-Pipe Fish Screens

4.3    Installation

4.4    Cleaning and Maintenance

References

Glossary

Appendices

Appendix A - Information Requirements

Appendix B - Sample Calculation

Appendix C - Units of Conversion

Appendix D - DFO Regional Contacts

List of Figures

Figure 1 - Open Screen Areas for End-of-Pipe Water Intake Flow

Figure 2 - Common Screen Shapes and Area Formulae

Figure 3 - Typical Application and Features of End-of-Pipe Screens

Figure 4 - Examples of Typical Screen and Material Types

Figure 5 - Examples of Typical Installations of End-of-Pipe Screens

List of Tables

Table 1 - Summary of Common Fish Species and Swimming Modes

Table 2 - Open Screen Area Required for End-of-Pipe Water Intakes

Table 3 - Examples of Screen Material