What's New Paint Shop Pond

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The planned activities for the week 7/16/2001 are as follows:

  1. Start Paintshop Pond (PSP) diversion pumps
  2. Install a 4" diameter HDPE pipe from Paintshop Pond cofferdam to Dust Control frac tank (upgrading from current 2" dia. pipe) to supply dust control water
  3. Continue chipping trees from Borrow B
  4. Drain Paintshop Pond
  5. Excavate contaminated upland soil immediately west of Northern Wetland to construct roadway for long-reach excavator that will be used to excavate Northern Wetland
  6. Continue constructing consolidation area
  7. Install temporary storm drain extension pipe for existing storm drain discharge in northeast corner of the consolidation area
  8. Install main dewatering sump
  9. Pull up sheets across mouth of Waban Brook to El. 113 (these sheets are currently submerged to allow Waban Brook to continue to discharge into Lake Waban)
  10. Construct Waban Brook diversion channel through Northern Wetlands Work

Activities conducted during the week of 7/8/2001 include:

  1. Finished installing pumps and plumbing in pump station at Paintshop Pond cofferdam. Electrical connections for pumps in progress on Friday 7/13.
  2. Continued loading wood chips for off site transport.
  3. Continued cutting/chipping trees/vegetation stockpiled on site.
  4. Partially drained Paintshop Pond.
  5. Removed/relocated fish from Paintshop Pond to Lake Waban.
  6. Began trenching along the north slope of the consolidation area and placing stone in trench and along slope.
  7. Welded temporary storm drain extension pipe for existing storm drain discharge in northeast corner of the consolidation area.
  8. Began stump removal in Northern Wetland.
  9. Completed Lake Waban cofferdam.
  10. Demolished athletic dept. storage shed.
  11. Built access road to main sump area.
  12. Continued dust control.

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Date Created: July 17, 2001
Last Modified: July 17, 2001
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