This saved the client a considerable amount of time and money when compared to the hydraulic dredging and GeoTube dewatering methods they had originally specified. The mechanical dredging methods employed by White Lake produced very little free water so no dewatering or water treatment was required. DEBRIS MANAGEMENTĪs a benefit of the mechanical dredging methods employed by White Lake, any debris that was encountered was handled alongside other dredge spoils which was an added benefit over the hydraulic dredging methods that the client initially specified. All dredging was conducted with White Lake’s Sennebogen 835 with environmental clamshell bucket equipped with real-time RTK GPS positioning system to provide the most accurate grade possible. The mechanical dredging methods White Lake utilized ultimately shortened the timeframe for the job, significantly reduced disturbances to the existing site, and eliminated potential issues with hydraulic dredging and dense vegetation binding with the initially proposed GeoTube dewatering methods the client had initially specified. This project consisted of the mechanical dredging of ~28,000 cubic yards of non-impacted sediment and removal of ~8 acres of dense vegetation to increase the capacity of the detention pond and create a flow channel from the pond inlet to the outflow.

Pond dredge