After meeting with representatives from other "in-agency" divisions, a plan was formulated to address this problem. The water would have to be drained from the pond so we could get equipment in to dig down to the old culvert, it would have to be removed, and a new, larger culvert installed.
As you can see, there is quite alot of water coming down out of this watershed. Not only do we need to drain the pond, but we have to have a pump that is capable of keeping up with this kind of flow. So, Mike and Jim made a trip to the Butner Wildlife Management Depot to pick up one of their pumps.
The pump had to be backed into the pond and it's 12 inch diameter discharge hoses hooked up.
With a pump this size, it didn't take long for the water level to start dropping. By the end of day 1, and after moving the pump multiple times, about half of the pond had been drained.
We were assisted in that first week by Jay Glenn(boating tech. II) and John Macemore(boating tech. supervisor) from our Engineering Services division of the Wildlife Resources Commission. Once the pond had been drained to it's current level, Jay was able to "breach" the existing dam down to the water level so it would continue to flow out at the level we had pumped it down to so the pump wouldn't have to run over night.
After a nice long 12 hour first day on the project, we were all more than ready to head home.
This particular project proved to take longer than any of us had expected and there is much more to tell and show you. Check back later for more updates on this project.
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