Originally Posted by Middlefork_Miner
....it was the suggestion that somehow the river level below the dam was high enough to force water and debris back up into the turbines and back uphill into the lake....it's IMPOSSIBLE for that to happen...


MM-
I can tell you that the water of a high tide here in Cook Inlet will back up the Kenai River 12 MILES.

The amount of H2O coming over/through that damn dam absolutely WILL back up the river water above it's outlet.



If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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