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Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screen Guideline
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Table 1 - Summary of Common Fish Species and Swimming Modes

SUBCARANGIFORM SWIMMING MODE
Common Name Scientific Name
Alewife (Gaspereau) Alosa pseudoharengus
Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus
Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus
Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Trout Salmo trutta
Carp Cyprinus carpio
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta
Cisco Coregonus artedii
Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kistch
Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma
Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris
Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys
Kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka
Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
Mooneye Hiodon tergisus
Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
Ouananiche Salmo salar ouananiche
Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sauger Stizostedion canadense
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieui
Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka
Walleye Stizostedio vitreum
White Bass Morone chrysops
White Perch Morone americana
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus
White Sucker Catostomus commersoni
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens

 

ANGUILLIFORM SWIMMING MODE
Common Name Scientific Name
American Eel Anguilla rostrata
Burbot Lota lota
Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus

Note: The few data points available for Northern Pike (Esox lucius) are close to the anguilliform group.

 

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

Metric Units   Non-Metric Units
Flow (L/s) Subcarangiform (m2) Anguilliform (m2)   Flow (L/s) Subcarangiform (m2) Anguilliform (m2)
1 0.01 0.03   10 0.1 0.2
5 0.05 0.13   50 0.3 0.9
6 0.06 0.16   100 0.6 1.8
8 0.07 0.21   150 0.9 2.7
10 0.09 0.26   200 1.3 3.6
12 0.11 0.31   250 1.6 4.5
14 0.13 0.37   300 1.9 5.4
15 0.14 0.39   350 2.2 6.2
16 0.15 0.42   400 2.5 7.1
18 0.17 0.47   450 2.8 8.0
20 0.18 0.52   500 3.2 8.9
22 0.20 0.58   550 3.5 9.8
24 0.22 0.63   600 3.8 10.7
25 0.23 0.65   650 4.1 11.6
26 0.24 0.68   700 4.4 12.5
28 0.26 0.73   750 4.7 13.4
30 0.28 0.79   800 5.0 14.3
32 0.30 0.84   850 5.4 15.2
34 0.31 0.89   900 5.7 16.0
35 0.32 0.92   950 6.0 16.9
36 0.33 0.94   1000 6.3 17.8
38 0.35 0.99   1050 6.6 18.7
40 0.37 1.05   1100 6.9 19.6
45 0.42 1.18   1150 7.2 20.5
50 0.46 1.31   1200 7.6 21.4
55 0.51 1.44   1250 7.9 22.3
60 0.55 1.57   1300 8.2 23.5
65 0.60 1.70   1350 8.5 24.1
70 0.65 1.83   1400 8.8 25.0
75 0.69 1.96   1450 9.1 25.8
80 0.74 2.09   1500 9.4 26.7
85 0.78 2.23   1550 9.8 27.6
90 0.83 2.36   1600 10.1 28.5
95 0.88 2.49   1650 10.4 29.4
100 0.92 2.62   1700 10.7 30.3
110 1.02 2.88   1750 11.0 31.2
120 1.11 3.14   1800 11.3 32.1
125 1.16 3.30   1850 11.6 33.0
        1900 12.0 33.9
        1950 12.3 34.8
        2000 12.6 35.7

 

Table 3 - Examples of Screen Material
Material Wire
Thickness		 Opening
Width		   % Open Area
8 X 8 Stainless Steel Aloy Mesh 0.711 mm
(0.028")		 2.44 mm
(0.096")		 60
#7 Mesh Wire Cloth 1.025 mm
(0.041")		 2.54 mm
(0.100")		 51
#8 Mesh Wire Cloth 0.875 mm
(0.035")		 2.25 mm
(0.089")		 52
#8 Mesh Wire Cloth 0.700 mm
(0.028")		 2.54 mm
(0.100")		 62
#60 Wedge Wire Cloth 1.50 mm
(0.059")		 2.54 mm
(0.100")		 63
#45 Wedge Wire Screen 1.10 mm
(0.080")		 2.54 mm
(0.100")		 69

 

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