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Normandeau's Patented Technology Supports the Army Corps Walla Walla District at Ice Harbor, McNary and The Dalles

Bedford, NH. February 6, 2007 – Normandeau Associates, as part of its IDIQ Contract for Biological Services, has been assisting the U.S Army Corps of Engineers with its mission to improve fish passage and survival on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.  During the past year, Normandeau scientists conducted major studies to determine survival and injury rates at Ice Harbor Dam (Snake River) and The Dalles Dam (Columbia River).  Using its patented balloon tagging technology, HI-Z Turb’N Tag®, Normandeau biologists assessed the impacts of three different spill patterns at each of the dams.  Over 1800 fish were tested at Ice Harbor and over 2100 fish were tested at The Dalles.  The Corps will utilize these results to determine which spill patterns will increase survival of salmonids during spill conditions.

The HI-Z Turb’N Tag® was also used to test three different operating levels of one of the turbines at the John Day Dam on the Columbia River.  The data on injury and survival, resulting from 2100 tested fish, will be used by the Corps to improve turbine operating regimes and blade design in an effort to reduce injury and to improve passage survival.

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Normandeau Associates, Inc., in business for over 35 years, is an employee-owned company known throughout the U.S. for its technical excellence and outstanding client service. The company specializes in natural resource management, water quality monitoring and modeling, habitat restoration, environmental monitoring, and offers considerable project experience in these areas. The Normandeau team has extensive expertise in the biological, chemical and physical sciences and related areas such as environmental planning.

Normandeau Associates was founded in 1970 as a privately owned company. In July 2000, the company became employee-owned. Company management believes that employee ownership will further enhance technical excellence and ability to solve client environmental problems effectively and efficiently. Our professional team works closely with clients, regulators and the public to seek solutions that enhance economic development, meet regulatory requirements, and protect and restore our natural resources and water quality. For more information about Normandeau Associates, Inc. visit our website at www.normandeau.com.

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