AMERICAN RIVER RESTORATION
American River
Auburn, California
PROJECT CHALLENGES: The American River is being restored at the site of the halted Auburn Dam, devastated by massive flooding in 1986. The restoration needed to:
ATTRIBUTES OF THE DESIGN: This project is largest river restoration project with an integrated whitewater rapids undertaken in the U.S. The design submitted by McLaughlin Rincon for this project features the following...
The McLaughlin Chute Screen was invented by Rick McLaughlin to provide a low-maintenance screen located directly in the river’s streambed. The screen keeps fish, debris, and people in the river from having to deal with or avoid tubes, pipes, etc. where the stream is diverted.
Link to the American River Restoration on the web.