移动式隔水栅最初设计用于阻挡最小的碎屑，并具有较低的压头。然而，由于生态条件的变化，纱窗正在收集更重的垃圾，包括斑马贻贝。在许多安装中，必须对屏幕进行结构和机械增强，以满足新的要求。在这篇文章中，作者推荐了几项措施，大大提高了移动式水滤网的可靠性和性能。此外，他们还提出了制造商可能做出的重大设计变更，并建议需要一个适用于移动式水滤网的AWWA标准。

Traveling water screens were originally designed to be barriers against minimal debris and to have low differential heads. However, because of changing ecological conditions, the screens are collecting much heavier loads of debris, including zebra mussels. In many installations, the screens must be structurally and mechanically enhanced to meet the new requirements. In this article, the authors recommend several measures that greatly improve the reliability and performance of traveling water screens. In addition, they propose major design changes manufacturers could make, and they propose that an AWWA standard for traveling water screens is needed.