Pump Screens
If a waterbody is to be temporarily dewatered by pumping, intakes will be completely screened, consistent with NMFS (1997) and CDFW (2001) screening guidelines or latest updates to those guidelines (currently, where fry-sized salmonids are present, wire mesh openings no larger than 3/32 inch [2.38 mm] for woven wire or perforated plate screens, or 0.0689 inch [1.75 mm] for profile wire screens, and other relevant criteria such as limited approach velocities), to avoid entrainment or impingement of larval amphibians. The intake will be placed in a perforated bucket or another method to attenuate suction, to prevent Covered Species of amphibians from entering the pump system. Water will be returned to the water body when diversions or cofferdams are removed and flow is restored (consistent with measures in Section 2.1.5.2.2, Dewatering Activities and Aquatic Species Relocation). If no diversion or cofferdams are used during dewatering, the waterbody will be allowed to refill naturally from precipitation, runoff, or hydrological processes.