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SALUDA DAM INSTRUMENTATION

Columbia, South Carolina

FME replaced instrumentation for the Saluda Hydroelectric Plant (Lake Murray Dam) that was damaged when SC 6, which runs along the top of the dam, was upgraded and widened.  FME drilled six wells to facilitate the installation of instrumentation consisting of ten Casagrande piezometers to a maximum depth of 208 feet into the core of the dam.

In addition to the instrumentation, FME installed sixteen permanent survey monuments along the length of the dam to be utilized as the datum for the Surveillance Monitoring Program required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).