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Project Titles:
- Install Microturbine Generation System (FFS #R3DA)
- Replace Effluent Treatment (FFS #R3PA)
- Reconstruct Building over Raceways (FFS #R3PB)
- Install Geothermal Heating System (FFS #R3PC)
State: Michigan
Project Description: Jordan River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) in Elmira, Mich. will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to replace the hatchery’s effluent treatment basin, install a micro-generation system and energy efficient geothermal heating system, and construct a building over eight existing hatchery raceways.
Funding for the first of four projects will support planning, design and replacement of the effluent settling basin at Jordan River NFH. This will support the Service’s efforts to meet interagency and international Great Lakes native lake trout restoration goals established in partnership with States and Tribes, and to meet the fishery management stipulations of the U. S. vs. Michigan Consent Decree.
Jordan River NFH currently produces 50 percent of the lake trout stocked into Great Lakes waters. Replacement of the effluent basin will allow the hatchery to avoid reductions in or interruptions to its ability to produce the 1.8 - 2 million lake trout stocked by the Service in specified locations in the Upper Great Lakes. The effluent project will allow the hatchery to minimize discharges of phosphorous into the Jordan River, which has been designated as a National Wildlife and Scenic River.
Recovery funding will also support the construction of a pre-engineered building to cover thirty-two of the hatchery’s raceways. The unheated, metal building will be approximately 140 feet wide by 400 feet long, and will be placed over raceway series 1 - 8, for a total square footage of approximately 56,000. Constructing this building over the existing raceways will increase the quality and reduce the cost of fish produced by increasing the station’s efficiency in propagating lake trout, reducing fish loss and mortality, and improving fish health. This project will also assist the Service in meeting its obligations under the 2000 U.S. vs. Michigan Consent Decree and lake trout restoration goals to produce self-sustaining populations in Lakes Huron and Michigan.
The hatchery will also use Recovery Act funding to replace its propane fired boiler system with an energy efficient geothermal heating system and install a microturbine generation system. These installations will help offset the energy demands of the federal fish hatchery and save annual operational costs.
For additional information about Jordan River National Fish Hatchery, visit the Jordan River NFH website.
Photos:
 Current water treatment facility at Jordan River National Fish Hatchery in Elmira, MI |
 Lake trout yearlings from Jordan River NFH reach their final destination in Lake Huron |
Originally posted 08/07/2009
