Lagoon #157 Update

2:30PM- Rebuilding of the embankment has begun. PBG is currently working on the far side (NE corner). A 2nd PBG worker was removing the Bobcat away from the site. A T&H engineer was also on site. He briefly explained the compaction process to me and TJD. The pump was "on" but about 50% of the water being pumped was going back into the lagoon. However, the lagoon is pretty well drained-down at this time. The attached photo was taken at about 2:30 PM today

Lagoon #150 Update

8:40 AM - There were 10 workers removing the sod between #5 & #7 French Garden Lane that was damaged by construction vehicles, and preparing the soil in preparation for re-sodding.

Lagoon #157 Update

8:30 AM Equipment is still on site but no activity yet. The filter bag is set up again so they must plan on doing more pumping, even the lagoon depth seems very low. Supposedly there's a deep hole in the middle somewhere that may contain some large bass.
4:00PM Update- The pump was on and the water is very low. About 20% of the water is being drained back to the lagoon, but even with the "feedback loop" the pump seems to have no problem draining the lagoon. About 1/2 the lagoon bottom is already visable through the shallow water.
Two workers were at the site for a brief time. One of them told me that they planned to drain down the lagoon as much as possible since they needed to get to the center of the lagoon. They plan to start rebuilding the embankment sometime this week. Both workers left shortly after I arrived.

Lagoon #157 Update

at 8:40AM The water is very low. The filter bag (deflated) and traffic cones have been moved to the side of the road. Apparently pumping has been completed. A Caterpillar Bobcat has been added to the site. Estate Management has their fish holding tanks on site. There are no fish in them yet. Filter fabric has been set up along the wetland edge boundary.

Lagoon #157 Update

at 8:40AM The pump was "on". Water level is down considerably since yesterday. The filter bag is only partially expanded (approx. 1/3 to 1/2). I can't tell if they were able to "dial down" the pump flow volume and/or the intake is partially buried in the mud. They also added some boards near the filter bag to prevent water flowing back into the same lagoon. It seems to be reasonably effective, as a lot less water is being fed back into L-157. The excavator is still on site and two days ago they had added the skid mats (large timbers connected together to form a mat to assist the excavation process).

Lagoon #157 Update

at 8:30AM The pump is not operating (it is turned "off", as opposed to being out of gas). An excavator is now on site. The water level is down approx. 18"-24" since when they started pumping yesterday.

At 5:00PM today the pump is "on" and the filter bag is expanded. I don't know if the filter bag is working properly or not; however, approximately 1/2 of the water being pumped from the lagoon is being routed back into the lagoon (a "closed loop" system) via the curb inlet that is west of the filter bag.

Lagoon #150 Update

at 8:40AM All equipment has been removed from this site. The last excavator was on the truck.