Corp Releases Operational Parameter Report

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Jacqueline Tate, 513-684-3010
Jacqueline.y.Tate@usace.army.mil

CINCINNATI, OH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released a research report on the operation of the electric dispersal barrier system in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC). The electric barrier system is a key measure preventing the migration of two species of Asian carp, Silver and Bighead. The Corps commissioned the report as part of its ongoing research to refine the optimum operating parameters for the barriers.

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The entire report is available at www.lrc.usace.army.mil .