Mobley Engineering

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

Mobley Engineering
Los Vaqueros Reservoir - 2001




  • to control algae-related taste and odor problems
  • 4-tons/day oxygen
  • 8,000 feet of line diffuser in two lines
  • Located near Livermore, California




Los Vaqueros Reservoir near Livermore, CA
The surrounding windmills show the extent of wind mixing on this reservoir
The LOx acility gets a liquid oxygen delivery
Closer View of LOx site
 
The locked control box
Controlled access to the valves
The reservoir from surrounding hills
 
Stored line diffuser on the reservoir
Notice the windmills
 
The line diffuser layout
The work site on an old abandon highway now underwater
The line diffuser assembly
Pipe welder
Moving the completed line diffuser into the water
 
 
Final adjustments before floating
Installing a saddle connection
Heating the pipe
Clamping down the HDPE saddle
The stored diffuser before deployment
Straightening the line during deployment
Stretching the diffuser across the lake
 
 
The line diffuser going down
Bubbles showing as it goes down
 
Nearly down just before dark


Mobley Engineering, Inc. • PO Box 600 Norris, Tennessee 37828-0600
phone (865) 494-0600 • fax (865) 494-0611
Email: info@mobleyengineering.com

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