Grant PUD receives national honor for turbine work
CBH Columbia Basin Herald Local News
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May 2, 2014 11:05 AM
EPHRATA - The Grant County PUD recently won an award for its turbine design and implementation at the now damaged Wanapum Dam.
The National Hydropower Association, a trade organization representing
the hydropower industry, gave one of its six Outstanding Stewards of American Waters awards to the utility for the "state of the art advanced turbine for Wanapum Dam."
the hydropower industry, gave one of its six Outstanding Stewards of American Waters awards to the utility for the "state of the art advanced turbine for Wanapum Dam."
In February, the utility declared a state of emergency when divers found a 65-foot, two-inch crack in Wanapum Dam's spillway Monolith No. 4.
For more information, read Monday's Columbia Basin Herald.
- Staff report
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