90,000 GPM Floating Bypass Protects Dam from Extreme Snowmelt Flooding
90,000 GPM Floating Bypass Protects Dam from Extreme Snowmelt Flooding
2 Pages90,000 GPM Floating Bypass Protects Dam from Extreme Snowmelt Flooding PUMPS • TANKS • FILTRATION • PIPE • SPILLGUARDS 800 742 7246 rainforrent.com BACKGROUND After a winter of unusually-severe weather in California, Lake Agnew, located at an 8,500’ elevation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, was inundated by unprecedented snowmelt. The power company managing the dam required a 90,000 GPM system that would remove excess water and reduce stress on the aging dam infrastructure. OUTCOME Within three weeks of surveying the site, Rain for Rent Engineering and Operations teams designed a customized bypass system along with a mobilization plan that included airlifting 12 pumps to the remote location. The pumps, fuel, and all necessary parts, were safely delivered by helicopter and assembl
