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Wendy next to the reservoir and dam's namesake. FYI: Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are conducting an environmental assessment on an estimated US$200 million rehabilitation and upgrade project for the 428-MW Hungry Horse hydroelectric facility located on the south fork of the Flathead River about 15 miles outside Glacier National Park in western Montana.
Chris Vick, project manager out of the Reclamation’s Pacific Northwest Regional Office said if all goes according to plan, work could begin in 2017 and be completed as early as 2025.
The project includes a dam and appurtenant works, reservoir, powerhouse and switchyard. The project's 564-foot-tall by 2,115-foot-long concrete arch dam stores nearly 3.5 million acre-feet of water.
Reclamation said this would be the largest project undertaken at the facility since it opened in 1952 and would likely include replacing the powerhouse’s four turbines.
Chris Vick, project manager out of the Reclamation’s Pacific Northwest Regional Office said if all goes according to plan, work could begin in 2017 and be completed as early as 2025.
The project includes a dam and appurtenant works, reservoir, powerhouse and switchyard. The project's 564-foot-tall by 2,115-foot-long concrete arch dam stores nearly 3.5 million acre-feet of water.
Reclamation said this would be the largest project undertaken at the facility since it opened in 1952 and would likely include replacing the powerhouse’s four turbines.