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Glenn F. Cada Water Resources Group Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036 Phone:  (865)574-7320 Fax:  (865)576-3989 cadagf@ornl.gov

Research Interests

• Ecology of streams
• Impacts of energy production on aquatic ecosystems
• Environmentally sound utilization of hydroelectric power
• Effects of hydraulic forces on fish

Background/Education  [ Top ]

• Ph.D., Zoology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1977
• M.S., Zoology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1973
• B.S., Zoology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1971

Current Activities  [ Top ]

Analysis of environmental issues related to hydropower development (fish passage, water quality, and instream flow mitigation) for the U.S. Department of Energy's Hydropower Program

Development of biological studies in support of advanced turbine designs for the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Hydropower Turbine System Program

Technical support to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects for the analysis of impacts to aquatic resources of hydropower development, including the Comprehensive Water Resources Analysis of the Upper San Joaquin River Basin, California (1984-85); cumulative impacts of multiple-hydropower development in the Owens River basin, California (1985-86); environmental effects of nationwide hydroelectric development associated with the Electric Consumers Protection Act (1987-88); cumulative impacts assessment of hydropower development in the Nooksack and Skagit river basins (1991-1997); Snake River Anadromous Fish Review (1998-2000); and environmental effects of the Warm and Clearwater Creek projects (1998-present)

Resumé 

Links  [ Top ]

U.S. Department of Energy Hydropower Program

August 2006