Draka Dam Fish Ladder, Dighton, MA

Dam Removal & River Restoration
Infrastructure & Resiliency

Completion: 
Fall, 2019

Value: 
$87,215

Project Synopsis

SumCo Eco constructed an aluminum Alaskan Steeppass fish ladder, a concrete-formed entrance box, turnpool and exit box integrated with a notch in the dam crest. A second notch in the dam provides a soft landing for juvenile river herring and other fish leaving the pond into a plunge pool. Flows from the downstream migration channel lead to the entrance box to provide additional attraction flows.

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