Mobley Engineering

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

Mobley Engineering
Lake Wallenpaupack Reservoir - 2005



 

  • DO Enhancement of Hydropower Releases
  • 3000 feet in one diffuser line
  • 200 scfm air capacity
  • Located near Hawley, Pennsylvannia 






Lake Wallenpaupack near Hawley, PA
Highly used recreational lake in the Pocanos
The work site at the top of the dam on Wallenpaupack Reservoir
Pouring the concrete weights
 
 
Supervisor giving instructions to the crew
Line diffuser assembly
Installing hoses
Storing completed diffuser in the lake
More completed diffuser
The air compressor
Installing the stainless steel supply and buoyancy lines on the face of the dam
Drilling into the face of the dam
Working on the SS lines
The connection flanges for each line
SS unistrut holds up the lines
View of the dam
 
 
Hanging weights
Making adjustments
 
Lakewatch Assistance helped with the deployment
Local citizens volunteered their boats and time to help patrol the lake during deployment
 
Pulling the line diffuser into position
Bubble pattern on the surface
More bubbles showing the line diffuser following the old river bed
The straight line bubble pattern after deployment
Depth finder shows the bubbles from the diffuser floating to the surface
Sunset on Lake Wallenpaupack


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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