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Santee-Cooper: a Lock on Fish Passage Success Steven Leach Normandeau Associates, [email protected]
University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst International Conference on Engineering and International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage Ecohydrology for Fish Passage 2012 Jun 7th, 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM Session B7 - Santee-Cooper: A Lock on Fish Passage Success Steven Leach Normandeau Associates, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference Leach, Steven, "Session B7 - Santee-Cooper: A Lock on Fish Passage Success" (2012). International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage. 5. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2012/June7/5 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Fish Passage Community at UMass Amherst at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Santee-Cooper: A Lock on Fish Passage A brief review of upstream passage of American shad In the Santee Cooper System, South Carolina Steve Leach Normandeau Associates, Inc. [email protected] Objective: To briefly describe the Santee Cooper, South Carolina system and outline American shad passage in the system by navigation lock and fish lock Cooper R. Santee R. History of the Santee-Cooper System • Large-scale anthropogenic perturbations • Santee Canal : 1800 -1850, first summit canal in U.S. • Santee-Cooper Project – Santee River Diversion – online 1942. Santee Dam Jefferies Station / 3,400 ft. long spillway Pinopolis Dam,130 MW 8 mi. long earthen dam rm 48 rm 89 Cooper River Fish Passage • Striped bass can live out their life cycle in freshwater1 • Santee Cooper striped bass preferentially prey on blueback herring2 • Blueback herring use the Pinopolis Lock for upstream passage3 • Since 1957, the lock has been operated in season specifically for fish passage (more on that in a couple of minutes) • But……… 1Scruggs, G.D., Jr. -
Piedmont Hydroelectric Project, Upper Pelzer Hydroelectric Project, Lower
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR HYDROPOWER LICENSES Piedmont Hydroelectric Project, P-2428-007 Upper Pelzer Hydroelectric Project, P-10254-026 Lower Pelzer Hydroelectric Project, P-10253-032 South Carolina Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Energy Projects Division of Hydropower Licensing 888 First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20426 July 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................ iv LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................... v ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................... vii 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1 1.1 APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF ACTION AND NEED FOR POWER ......................................... 4 1.2.1 Purpose of Action ............................................................................................. 4 1.2.2 Need for Power ................................................................................................. 5 1.3 STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ................................ 5 1.3.1 Federal Power Act ............................................................................................ 5 1.3.2 Clean Water Act .............................................................................................. -
Storm Tide Hindcasts for Hurricane Hugo: Into an Estuarine and Riverine System
ADVANCES IN HYDRO-SCIENCE AND –ENGINEERING, VOLUME VI 1 STORM TIDE HINDCASTS FOR HURRICANE HUGO: INTO AN ESTUARINE AND RIVERINE SYSTEM Scott C. Hagen1, Daniel Dietsche2, and Yuji Funakoshi3 ABSTRACT This paper presents simulated storm tides from a hindcast of Hurricane Hugo (1989). Water surface elevations are obtained from computations performed with the hydrodynamic ADCIRC-2DDI numerical code. Four different two-dimensional finite element domains are developed in order to assess the surge-tide-streamflow interaction within an estuarine and riverine system. Two domains include inland topography, i.e., several observed inundated areas along the coast and relevant riverine floodplains. Results at three locations are presented; at Charleston harbor, where Hugo made landfall, Bulls Bay, where the highest water elevations were observed, and at the inlet of the Winyah Bay estuary, the mouth of the Waccamaw river. The simulated results show good agreement with the recorded storm data and the observed high water elevations. A slight phasing error is recognized. Our numerical results reveal that including inundated areas and floodplains in our finite element mesh is of vital importance in order to represent the storm tide response best along the coast reach of interest and within the Waccamaw riverine systems. 1. INTRODUCTION Hurricanes remain the single costliest and most devastating of all storms. Most of the catastrophe results from storm surge produced during these events. In recent years, the unprecedented destruction by several hurricanes along the South Carolina coast highlights the importance of developing a capability to model the interaction between storm surge, atmospheric tide, and streamflow. Advanced numerical models, like ADCIRC, are capable of enhancing the understanding of hydrodynamic behavior along coastal areas during such storm events. -
03050201-010 (Lake Moultrie)
03050201-010 (Lake Moultrie) General Description Watershed 03050201-010 is located in Berkeley County and consists primarily of Lake Moultrie and its tributaries. The watershed occupies 87,730 acres of the Lower Coastal Plain region of South Carolina. The predominant soil types consist of an association of the Yauhannah-Yemassee-Rains- Lynchburg series. The erodibility of the soil (K) averages 0.17 and the slope of the terrain averages 1%, with a range of 0-2%. Land use/land cover in the watershed includes: 64.4% water, 21.1% forested land, 5.4% forested wetland, 4.1% urban land, 3.1% scrub/shrub land, 1.4% agricultural land, and 0.5% barren land. Lake Moultrie was created by diverting the Santee River (Lake Marion) through a 7.5 mile Diversion Canal filling a levee-sided basin and impounding it with the Pinopolis Dam. South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) oversees the operation of Lake Moultrie, which is used for power generation, recreation, and water supply. The 4.5 mile Tail Race Canal connects Lake Moultrie with the Cooper River near the Town of Moncks Corner, and the Rediversion Canal connects Lake Moultrie with the lower Santee River. Duck Pond Creek enters the lake on its western shore. The Tail Race Canal accepts the drainage of California Branch and the Old Santee Canal. There are a total of 43.8 stream miles and 57,535.3 acres of lake waters in this watershed, all classified FW. Additional natural resources in the watershed include the Dennis Wildlife Center near the Town of Bonneau, Sandy Beach Water Fowl Area along the northern lakeshore, the Santee National Wildlife Refuge covering the lower half of the lake, and the Old Santee Canal State Park near Monks Corner. -
The Historic South Carolina Floods of October 1–5, 2015
Service Assessment The Historic South Carolina Floods of October 1–5, 2015 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Silver Spring, Maryland Cover Photograph: Road Washout at Jackson Creek in Columbia, SC, 2015 Source: WIS TV Columbia, SC ii Service Assessment The Historic South Carolina Floods of October 1–5, 2015 July 2016 National Weather Service John D. Murphy Chief Operating Officer iii Preface The combination of a surface low-pressure system located along a stationary frontal boundary off the U.S. Southeast coast, a slow moving upper low to the west, and a persistent plume of tropical moisture associated with Hurricane Joaquin resulted in record rainfall over portions of South Carolina, October 1–5, 2015. Some areas experienced more than 20 inches of rainfall over the 5-day period. Many locations recorded rainfall rates of 2 inches per hour. This rainfall occurred over urban areas where runoff rates are high and on grounds already wet from recent rains. Widespread, heavy rainfall caused major flooding in areas from the central part of South Carolina to the coast. The historic rainfall resulted in moderate to major river flooding across South Carolina with at least 20 locations exceeding the established flood stages. Flooding from this event resulted in 19 fatalities. Nine of these fatalities occurred in Richland County, which includes the main urban center of Columbia. South Carolina State Officials said damage losses were $1.492 billion. Because of the significant impacts of the event, the National Weather Service formed a service assessment team to evaluate its performance before and during the record flooding. -
Cultural Models, Landscapes, and Large Dams: an Ethnographic And
CULTURAL MODELS, LANDSCAPES, AND LARGE DAMS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE SANTEE COOPER PROJECT, 1938-1942 by ELIZABETH MARIE HARVEY LOVERN (Under the Direction of J. Peter Brosius) ABSTRACT This work systematically explores the discourse of the human and environmental impact of the Santee Cooper hydroelectric system developed in the South Carolina coastal plain. This federal New Deal government project occurred during 1938-1942 and inundated over 160,000 acres of wetlands and climax forest, displacing many long-time residents, their homes, farms, and communities, with dammed lakes and hydroelectric facilities. A major question addressed by this research is, “How do people perceive large-scale environmental change?” In a text analysis of primary documents, I analyze the discourse strategies the promoters of the development and those protesting it employed to support their assertions about the Santee basin landscape. I then introduce a broader cultural model framework in the form of an oral history ethnography to show how citizens in Berkeley County remember and currently interpret the changes wrought on the local landscape and in their lives. Shared by each of the cultural models through analysis are the themes of progress and destruction attributed to the development of the project. INDEX WORDS: Cultural Models, Landscape Anthropology, Environmental History, Memory, Political Ecology, South Carolina Coastal Plain CULTURAL MODELS, LANDSCAPES, AND LARGE DAMS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE SANTEE COOPER PROJECT, 1938-1942 by ELIZABETH MARIE HARVEY LOVERN B.S., Georgetown University, 1996 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ATHENS, GEORGIA 2007 © 2007 Elizabeth Marie Harvey Lovern All Rights Reserved CULTURAL MODELS, LANDSCAPES, AND LARGE DAMS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE SANTEE COOPER PROJECT, 1938-1942 by ELIZABETH MARIE HARVEY LOVERN Major Professor: J. -
Santee Cooper Cross Generating Station Modeling Report
AIR MODELING REPORT Santee Cooper > Cross Generating Station 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS Compliance Demonstration Modeling Prepared By: J. Russell Bailey – Principal Consultant Jon Hill – Managing Consultant Allison Cole – Consultant Andrew Kessler – Consultant TRINITY CONSULTANTS 15 E. Salem Ave. Suite 201 Roanoke VA 24011 540‐342‐5945 January 2017 Project 164701.0045 Environmental solutions delivered uncommonly well TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1-1 1.1. Purpose ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1‐1 1.2. Facility Description ............................................................................................................................................... 1‐2 1.3. Location .................................................................................................................................................................... 1‐2 1.4. Nearby Facilities .................................................................................................................................................... 1‐3 2. MODEL SELECTION 2-1 3. MODELING DOMAIN 3-1 3.1. Sources to Include ................................................................................................................................................. 3‐1 Primary Sources ....................................................................................................................................................................... -
From Rice Fields to Duck Marshes: Sport Hunters and Environmental Change on the South Carolina Coast, 1890–1950 Matthew Allen Lockhart University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations 2017 From Rice Fields to Duck Marshes: Sport Hunters and Environmental Change on the South Carolina Coast, 1890–1950 Matthew Allen Lockhart University of South Carolina Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Lockhart, M. A.(2017). From Rice Fields to Duck Marshes: Sport Hunters and Environmental Change on the South Carolina Coast, 1890–1950. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/4161 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FROM RICE FIELDS TO DUCK MARSHES: SPORT HUNTERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST, 1890–1950 by Matthew Allen Lockhart Bachelor of Arts Wofford College, 1998 Master of Arts University of South Carolina, 2001 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina 2017 Accepted by: Robert R. Weyeneth, Major Professor Janet G. Hudson, Committee Member Kendrick A. Clements, Committee Member Daniel J. Vivian, Committee Member Cheryl L. Addy, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School © Copyright by Matthew Allen Lockhart, 2017 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION In memory of my brother Marc D. Lockhart, who began this journey with me iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I want acknowledge with gratitude my splendid dissertation committee. Getting to this point would not have been possible without my director, Robert R. -
RETENTION TIME and FLOW PATTERNS in LAKE MARION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1984 by Glenn G
RETENTION TIME AND FLOW PATTERNS IN LAKE MARION, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1984 By Glenn G. Patterson and Richard M. Harvey U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4145 Prepared in cooperation with the SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL Columbia, South Carolina 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gordon P. Eaton, Director For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from: U.S. Geological Survey District Chief Earth Science Information Center U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports Section Stephenson Center- Suite 129 Box 25286, Mail Stop 517 720 Gracern Road Denver Federal Center Columbia, SC 29210-7651 Denver, CO 80225 CONTENTS Page Abstract....................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 2 Purpose and scope........................................................................................................... 2 Description of study area................................................................................................ 2 Methods of study...................................................................................................................... 5 Retention time and flow patterns.......................................................................................... -
Channel Geomorphology Along the Fluvial- Tidal Transition, Santee River, USA
Fluvial-tidal transition channel Channel geomorphology along the fluvial- tidal transition, Santee River, USA Raymond Torres† Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, EWS617, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Pittaluga et al., 2015). Since terrestrial runoff, tidal forcing, and storm surge vary with time, There exists a rich understanding of chan- Along the river continuum, a single channel the tidal effects on channel form vary along the nel forms and processes for rivers with uni- can transition from fluvial to tidal dominance in channel (Wright et al., 1973; Dalrymple and directional flows, and for their estuarine flow and sedimentary processes, and in benthic Choi, 2007). For instance, river flow responses components with bidirectional flows. On the ecology (Dalrymple and Choi, 2007; Jablon- to tidal oscillations can vary temporally with lo- other hand, complementary insight on the ski and Dalrymple, 2016). In particular, many cal weather effects (<day), dam releases (days), transitional reach linking these flows has not coastal river systems experience the combined terrestrial flood waves (weeks), seasonal effects been well developed. This study highlights influence of terrestrial runoff processes and ma- (months), or changes in climate (decades). The analyses of high-resolution, high-accuracy rine storms and tides (e.g., Wright et al., 1973; way in which these conditions translate to tide- bathymetric surveys along a coastal plain Bokuniewicz, 1995; Ensign et al., 2013; Sassi influenced channel geomorphology remains river at 30–94 km upstream of the estuary and Hoitink, 2013), giving rise to at-a-station largely unexplored (Phillips and Slattery, 2007; mouth. -
A Corporate Publication of Santee Cooper
A Corporate Publication of Santee Cooper POWER 2 0 0 9 sourceWINTER W IN santee cooper ® T ER rom the CEO In many ways, 2008 is a tale of two years. The first is the one we are for 50 megawatts of f renewable biomass focused on as a nation: the economy faltered, consumer confidence plummeted and we ended the year in a recession. These events power by 2011 have greatly impacted the energy industry. The second, though, and a significant 09 is Santee Cooper’s success story. Even as our utility joined in solar-and-hydrogen the national belt-tightening, we look back on a significant set of research project at the accomplishments in every one of our major business areas, all of Center for Hydrogen IN THIS ISSUE which will help us continue to deliver low-cost and reliable power Research in Aiken. in 2009. In the conservation arena, Santee Cooper Santee Cooper completed a 25-year build-out of Cross Generating Green successfully Station in October with the completion of Cross Unit #4. Cross gave out more than #! Station is now the state’s largest coal-fired generating station and 750,000 free compact ! !" ! one that cements our role as the state’s largest power producer. This fluorescent light bulbs highly efficient station ensures that we generate the most power to our customers in the """ $ " ! Cross from the least amount of coal possible. spring and summer, 16 helped interested and eligible customers install solar panels at home Mollie Gore—Editor Generating We made tremendous progress on our plans to build new and arranged to buy excess power they produce, and launched a Jim Huff—Photo Editor/Photographer Station: base load generation, both coal-fired and nuclear power. -
Maroon and Slave Communities in South Carolina Before 1865
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