Mobley Engineering

Design and installation of aeration systems for hydropower, water supply reservoirs and other applications

 

Buzzard Roost Hydroelectric Station,

South Carolina


 

Buzzard Roost Hydroelectric Dam

  • Located in Greenwood, South Carolina
  • Spanning the Saluda River, and forming Lake Greenwood
  • Completed in 1940
  • 212 miles of shoreline, and a surface area of 11,400 acres

 

Buzzard Roost Oxygenation System


Objectives
  • To allow Duke Power to meet FERC water quality requirements
Facilities
  • 3 diffusers, 9,000 feet total length
  • 22-tons/day oxygen delivery capacity

 
Layout

 

Site Pictures, 2013


Re-furbishing and extending an existing line
 

Site Pictures , 2012


 
First installed in 1997, MEI returned 16 years later to retro-fit 2 of the lines
 
These lines had been floated and sunk a number of times in no particular order....
A lot of sorting and untangling of lines ensued....
 
Welding new tie-ins
 
 
 


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