Total dissolved gas
In addition to several fish passage systems in place at the lower Columbia River and lower Snake River dams, spillway deflectors produce a more horizontal spill flow and limit the plunge depth of water over the dam spillway. This reduces the amount of entrained nitrogen that creates total dissolved gas, or TDG.

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