Flow modifier for submerged intake screen

In an inlet screen assembly for a water intake system comprising a screen member having a generally cylindrical screen surface, said screen member being closed at its outer end by an outer end cap member, said screen member being partially closed at its inner end by an inner end cap member, said inner end cap member having an outlet pipe member attached thereto for carrying away water which has passed through said screen surface, said outlet pipe having a diameter which is substantially smaller than the diameter of the screen surface, and flow modifier means positioned inside said generally cylindrical screen surface for directing water to said outlet pipe and for causing the flow entering the screen surface along the entire length thereof to have a flow uniformity in excess of 75% where the flow uniformity is defined as the average flow velocity through the screen surface divided by the peak velocity at any point along its length;

• the improvement wherein said flow modifier means comprises at least two pipe member portions extending axially along a portion of the axial length of said screen member, each of said at least two pipe member portions being radially spaced from each other and the innermost of said at least two pipe member portions extending axially further than the pipe member portion which is radially adjacent to it.