The picture to the left
shows the River Release coming out. Water is flowing at about 90
CFS in this photo - a bit down from capacity of about 141 cfs. The
setting for the new hydropower turbine is inside - at the base of
this pier, directly behind the water jet from this vantage.
These pictures address
primarily the turbine setting and abandon PG&E equipment to
be removed. The shot to the left shows the 30" penstock sloping
down at 45 degrees in the center. It is currently passing about
half of the river release water.
The project design is
basically to tap into this pipe.
These pictures address
the possible forced cooling of the 3 MVA transformer bank.
The Rock Creek site is
somewhat unique in that there are two other small hydro sites on
two of the same circuits served by this transformer bank shown in
these photos.