Lagoon #182 Update

10:00AM - The remaining area has been resodded. Except for the DHEC inspection , we can consider this lagoon completed.

Lagoon #182 Update

8:50AM - The crew currently dewatering L-172 is pumping the water back into L-182. Lagoon #182 is fairly full now.

Lagoon #182 Update

9:ooAM - Workers had removed the plug from the curb drain and were letting water back into L-182 from L-172 (across the street). It looked like the excavator operator was getting ready to have the excavator removed from the site.

12:50PM Update - The landscaping crew was preparing the embankment for sod installation.

3:30PM Update - All but a small area of the embankment has been resodded. The landscaping crew was leaving for the day. The two photos above were taken at about 3:30 today

Lagoon #182

9:00AM - T&H survey crew ( 2 in a boat and 2 on shore) preparing to survey the lagoon (probably the "as-builts"). The excavator is still on site but not being used at this time.

11:45Am Update- Workers had just marked the location of the irrigation control valve box and were leaving. No other activity at this time.

Lagoon #182 Update

8:45AM - Dredging appears to be completed. The excavator is being used to rough grade the embankment. A two person surveying team was on site "shooting" elevations. The small pump has already been removed and they are removing the large pump and gas tank today. They took a large amount of soil (aka, "gumbo"?) from this lagoon. It is partially filled from the recent rain and is starting to look good already.
Once the excavator leaves, the landscaping team will do the finish grading and then the landscaping (sod, grass, etc)

Lagoon #182 Update

8:45AM - There were two excavators in operation at this time. One was doing the dredging and the other one was loading the dump trucks.

10:30 AM - They were dumping some soil along the embankment. The two photos above were taken at 10:30AM

Lagoon #182 Update

8:45AM - The excavator was loading dredged soil into a waiting dump truck. The logistics operation is improving. When the loaded dump truck left, another empty one showed up about two minutes later.
12:45PM Update - There were 3 dump trucks lined up waiting to get loaded and a 4th dump truck being loaded with the "grunge" mud. They were dumping the "stuff" in the lot by the old contractor's entrance road (which has been closed for awhile) off of Sun City Blvd.

The two photos above weere taken at 4:30PM today.

Lagoon #182 Update

10:15AM - No activity at this time. No workers on site.

Lagoon #182 Update

9:00AM - Excavation continues.

Lagoon #182 Update

9:00AM- They are pumping the remaining water out of the west end of the lagoon. TJ, the excavator operator, is getting ready to start the excavation process. Pulte (Todd Doupona) assured us that they would work on this lagoon everyday until they complete it.
2:10PM Update - The large pump was pumping a small amount of remaining water. Excavation was also in progress. Two of the five workers on site appeared to be a PBG survey team.

Lagoon #182 Update

8:55AM- No activity at this time.
2:00PM -They excavated a hole for the intake hose and also dug a channel to it so that they could pump-down the west end of the lagoon further. Except for some redidual water in the west end, this lagoon is almost completly pumped-down now.

Lagoon #182 Update

10:30AM - The large pump has been moved closer to the west end of the lagoon in order to get that end pumped down more so that the Estate Management team can do fish recovery later today. The small pump is "off" and the intake hose has been removed from the lagoon.
7:00PM Update- The Estate Management Svcs. team arrived to do the fish recovery. Only small fish (catfish, brim, etc.) were recovered. They were put into L-171.

Lagoon #182 Update

9:30Am -The large pump was "on" and appeared to be pumping a large volume of water. They apparently had trouble with plant growth clogging the intake hose of the smaller pump so this morning they were improvising a filter attachment for the intake hose to prevent the clogging. They were planning to use both pumps today. When I left the site, both pumps were working. However, I don't know how effective their filter was.
2:00PM - Both pumps are "on" and appear to be pumping large volumes of water.
4:00PM - Both pumps are "off".
5:00PM - Estate Management Svcs team arrived to attempt fish recovery in the west end of the lagoon. However, the water in that end was still too deep. Todd agreed to have a pump moved closer to the west end of the lagoon tomorrow AM. Estate management will return tomorrow around 4:30-5:ooPM and try again.

Lagoon #182 Update

8:30 AM- The clock has started on this lagoon. The pre-construction meeting with Pulte Reps., Todd Doupona and Allison Tucker was held on-site this morning. Dewatering will begin today and probably take 2 days before the dredging operation can begin. The water will be pumped into L-172 across the street. L-172 flows into L-171, which then flows into L-174, so neighbors on L-171 and L-174 might see a temproary rise in water levels, even though it doesn't rain. Dredging will focus mainly on the eastern-most half of this lagoon. The western-most half of the lagoon is deep enough. The soil dredged from from the lagoon will be used to build up the embankment and provide the 4:1 slope required by DHEC. Estate management services is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon to do fish recovery. Todd stated they will work on L-182 every day until it is completed (estimated at about two weeks).
When they complete L-182, they will move on to L-208 in the Phase 6 area. When L-208 is completed, the team will return to our Phase 5 Aster Fields Neighborhood and remain there until they complete the reconstruction on the remaining six lagoons - #172, #173, #174, #175, #176, and #183 in that order.

4:00PM - Two pumps were on site but only one was connected. However, it was not "on". The 2nd pump had its intake hose in the lagoon but its outlet hose was not connected. It looks like they may be planning to use both pumps to drain this lagoon. Hopefully, pumping will start tomorrow.

Lagoon #182

Sunday 9/6 @4:40PM - Pulte/PBG hasn't started on this lagoon yet, it's "next in line", but I took the opportunity to take a few "before" photos.