Connie Svoboda

Reclamation Office: Technical Service Center, Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services
Contact Information: (303) 445-2152, csvoboda@usbr.gov

Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program

Connie Svoboda began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2005 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2021 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Condition Assessment, Fish Passage and Entrainment, Public and Employee Safety, Sediment Management and River Restoration and Repair and Maintenance.

The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Connie Svoboda is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.

Methodology to Determine the Presence of Submerged Hydraulic Jumps at Low-Head Hydraulic Structures

Project ID: 21020
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2021
Research Results: Methodology to Determine the Presence of Submerged Hydraulic Jumps at Low-Head Dams (final, PDF, 814KB)

Debris Clogging Assessment of Dams

Project ID: 20102
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2020
Research Results: Debris Clogging Assessment at Dams (final, PDF, 3.4MB)

Improving Data Collection Methods for Hydraulic Evaluations of Fish Screens

Project ID: 6504
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2016
Research Results: Improving Data Collection Methods for Hydraulic Evaluations of Fish Screens (final, PDF, 2.1MB)

Public Safety of Reclamation Low-Head Dams

Project ID: 1799
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2016
Research Results: Public Safety of Reclamation Low-Head Dams (final, PDF, 1.4MB)

Designing Large Wood Structures to Improve Public Safety

Project ID: 8952
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2014
Research Results: Improving Public Safety of Large Wood Installations (final, PDF, 875KB)

Literature Review of Electric Barriers for Returning Adult Salmonids

Project ID: 9447
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2014
Research Results:

Improving Public Safety of Large Wood Installations

Project ID: 689
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2013
Research Results: Improving Public Safety of Large Wood Installations: Scoping Proposal Report of Findings (final, PDF, 91KB)

Improving the Range of Hydraulic Performance of Type III Stilling Basins

Project ID: 4925
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2012
Research Results:

Investigation of Fish Predation Refugia Concepts at Hydraulic Structures

Project ID: 1134
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2012
Research Results: Scoping Paper: Investigation of Fish Refugia Concepts at Hydraulic Structures (final, PDF, 550KB)

Standard Guidelines for Methods, Practices, and Instrumentation Used to Evaluate Diversion Dam Intake Structures and Their Components

Project ID: 1164
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2005
Research Results: Guidelines for Performing Hydraulic Field Evaluations at Fish Screening Facilities (final, PDF, 1.5MB)

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Last Updated: 11/17/20