Con Edison East River Generating Station
Con Edison of New York’s East River Station withdraws water from the adjacent East River for equipment-cooling purposes. The water circulates through the station’s cooling loop and is then returned to the river. Recently, an engineer and an environmental scientist from Con Edison have each won a prestigious industry award for developing a system that protects fish in the East River. The pair led a project to design a system of five screens with fine mesh panels to filter fish, eggs and larvae from the water cooling intake at the East River Generating Station off East 14th Street in Manhattan.
The screens, along with a fish-return system, reduce the plant's
impact on the river. The fish-return system uses a low-pressure spray to gently remove any aquatic organisms trapped on the screens and return them to the river.
Con Edison East River Generating Station
Con Edison of New York’s East River Station withdraws water from the adjacent East River for equipment-cooling purposes. The water circulates through the station’s cooling loop and is then returned to the river. Recently, an engineer and an environmental scientist from Con Edison have each won a prestigious industry award for developing a system that protects fish in the East River. The pair led a project to design a system of five screens with fine mesh panels to filter fish, eggs and larvae from the water cooling intake at the East River Generating Station off East 14th Street in Manhattan.
The screens, along with a fish-return system, reduce the plant's
impact on the river. The fish-return system uses a low-pressure spray to gently remove any aquatic organisms trapped on the screens and return them to the river.