The pond was dredged in 1974, 1982, 1990 and 1998 using both hydraulic dredging and mechanical removal of the sediment during drawdown. 1998 was the last time the pond was dredged using the ...

Divers began removing sediment on Aug. 2 from the Bevier Park Pond and pumping it in hoses through a city storm sewer under McAree Road to Callahan Park so it can dry for use as topsoil.

The draining of the pond will begin when valves are opened in a 14-foot-tall concrete structure called a “riser” that juts up from the bottom of the pond. Once much of the pond is drained, workers ...

Metro cities could be on the hook for $1 billion or more in cleanup costs in coming years as they grapple with contaminated sludge in storm-water ponds that dot the metro area. The main culprit ...

Beaver ponds contain nitrogen, ... A new study shows how simple mapping of a beaver pond’s depth and sediment can tell managers whether it’s a nitrogen source or sink. Advanced Search.

The plan is to dredge the pond to a depth of 6 feet and install an engineered cap to assure any remaining PCBs don’t escape. Water will be mixed with the sediment to form a slurry that can be moved by ...

Gerken advises landowners to look at the water itself. If the water is brown and murky, it can indicate sediment buildup. “A lot of times, trusting your intuition when looking at the pond is a ...

Ponds may be the number one habitat for children’s “minibeast” hunts, but we are supposed to ... We used sediment cores and dug out all of the sediment from some ponds, ...

The Duck Pond on Virginia Tech’s campus is set to undergo dredging from late April until summer. ... Stormwater detention ponds are designed to capture sediment and protect downstream water bodies.

Crews intend to drain the ponds at Freedom Park, pictured here on June 4, 2024, and Park Road Park in Charlotte to remove sediment, trash and debris. Preston Jenkins [email protected] ...

Dioxins have been present in the Chickasaw Park pond since at least the 1990s, when the state found unsafe levels in the pond's sediment and levels in the pond's fish that were up to 100 times ...