Saturday, September 17, 2011 - Page updated at 05:39 p.m.

How much is 24 million cubic yards?

One of the biggest tasks in Elwha Dam removal is managing the controlled release of about 24 million cubic yards of sediment trapped behind it and Glines Canyon Dam. The plan is to let the river do the work, gradually rinsing the material downstream and redistributing it. Taking it away with excavators and trucks was determined to be too expensive and generate too much truck traffic. View this graphic as a PDF.

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In 1987, I worked on a project involving the 2 Elwha river dams which included a cost analysis on removing them or keeping them in place. At the...  Posted on September 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM by pnwnative46. Jump to comment

"What will happen when the dam is removed?" Nature will run its course as it has with rivers all over the world for millions of years....  Posted on September 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM by Tri Winning. Jump to comment

@Seadude The power generated by both stations only power 30% of a mill. overall power to the area is less than 5%. This is why its going down....  Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:44 PM by mz. Jump to comment

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