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Originally Posted by plzd0nate
In biology class in college we were taught hydro is absolutely terrible for the fish populations, which has a large effect on other animals long term as well.
It the water in the dam was used for fish it could increase fish populations. If the water in Castaic lake was used to improve steelhead populations a more constant and steady oxygenated flow below the dam to be used to increase fish populations 100 fold if they so desired.
Water settling basin destroyed the populations on Santa Clara river in Ventura county imho. The fish would go up fine, but come down into the basins and die.
If we used just a few square miles of solar for desalination, the Santa Clara river could be restocked and restored and the dams at Piru and Castaic used to improve fisheries and populations to higher than historic value.
Farming and municipal use can hurt populations more. The best place to fish is often below a dam because all the nutrients of the lake are released from the deep water.
Most dams were not designed to help fish, but to provide irrigation, flood control, and municipal water.
Last edited by steelhouse; 03-08-2016 at 11:52 AM.