16 CFS Custom Design

East Fork Weiser

This was the first small Farmers Screen install, which inspired the development of the modular system.

A very remote site with difficult access, this Farmers Screen was fabricated off-site entirely out of steel and transported to the site where it was welded together.

The modular system is now designed to be simply bolted together onsite. Installation of the screen took only three days and involved a front loaded and an excavator. Water was diverted around the construction site in order to maintain water supply to irrigation customers.

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    • Location Council, Idaho
    • Owner East Fork Ditch Company
    • Partners Specialty Metal Fab, US Forest Service
    • Installation Date Summer 2004

Visit the West Central Highlands RC&D’s website for more information on the project.

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Leveled and compacted gravel prepared at the screen install site.

I-Beams in place

Taper wall being assembled during construction.

Upstream view of the return channel during construction.

Water running over weir wall during the first water turn on.

Downstream view to the entrance of the screen.

View to the diversion structure and head gate.

Dan Kleinsmith taking flow measurements during construction.

Bypass water running off the end of screen.

View to the bypass return channel.

Completed screen, shown before water turned on.

SMF's Jeff Niles and FCA's Dan Kleinsmith with the completed screen.

Water flowing over the weir wall. Water appears dirty because of upstream backfill work.

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