Appendix 1: Fish Passage Requirements for Dams on the Mainstem of Kennebec River and Major Tributaries.
Dam | Miles Above Tidewa | Gross Static Head | PASSAGE REQUIREMENTS | ||
Shad1 | Alewife2 | ||||
Kennebec River - Mainsitem | |||||
1. | Edwards Dam Augusta | 0 | 17 | 385,216 | 1,547,879 |
2. | Mi Istar Dam Waterville | 18 | 21 | 228,471 | 164,640 |
3. | T & A Mills Dam Scott Paper Co. Waterville | 20 | 23 | 205,625 | 148,175 |
4. | Shawmut Dam CMP Fairfield | 26 | 24 | 176,514 | 133,358 |
5. | Weston Dam CMP Skovhegan | 38 | 35 | 106,074 | 50,600 |
Sebasticook River | |||||
31 | Fort Halifax Dam CMP Wins low | IS | 30 | 77,707 | 1,135,711 |
39a | Benton Falls Dam Benton Falls | 26 | 31 | 57,531 | 767,267 |
39 | Burnham Hydro Burnham | u0 | 33 | 22,224 | 599,567 |
Sandy River | |||||
53 | Madison Electric Norridgewock | 52 . | 17 | 41,825 | 45,539 |
1Shad passage requirements are based on a 50% escapement rate and a 90% fish passage efficiency at each fishway. The 10% loss was allocated to spawning requirements of the impoundment below the fishway.
2Alewife passage requirements arc based on an escapement rate of 35 adult alewives per acre of spawning habitat. A 90% fish passage efficiency was assumed at each fishway.
C.M.R. 13, 188, ch. 60, The Strategic Plan For The Restoration Of Shad and Alewives To The Kennebec River Above Augusta, app 188-60-1