People’s Irrigation District

“Look Before you Leap!”

Marty OlsonOregon Fish and WildlifeThe Dalles Screen Shop

Unscreened 27cfs Gravity Diversion Very high priority site AC power located at the site Irrigation District has an easement for the canal Match funding from the local Watershed Council

The Perfect Screen Location

Original Estimate, $142,000.00 ($5259.00 per CFS) ODFW $75,000 Applicant $67,000 8 weeks for civil works, steel fab, and installation.

Original Budget

“If it seems too good to be true it probably

is”

Author Unknown

Site Conditions

Extremely high water

Additional backfill, geotextile cloth, pumps and labor.

Exceeded civil works budget.

Additional $35,000

Unanticipated Expenses

By-Pass Installation

“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still

moving forward”

Victor Kiam

Moving Ahead…

Ready for Concrete

Civil Works Finished

Component Fabrication

and Installation

We’ve Been Victimized!

“Say you prayers and eat your vitamins, everything will be

OK”

Hulk Hogan

Electric power…

anyone?

Hydraulic Drive Complications

Problematic pressure valve

Cylinder alignment Issues

Too complicated to troubleshoot.

“Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later

a collection of mistakes is what we call experience”

Denis Waitley