North Park Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration · View of the North Fork Pine Creek arm of the lake...

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North Park Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project Steven Smallhoover, P.E. Douglas Aiken, P.E. Allegheny County Department of Public Works North Park Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration North Park Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project Pine Creek Dam Completed in 1936 Earthen Embankment Dam with an impervious concrete cutoff wall core 1,130 ft long, 33 ft high Water sources Pine Creek, North Fork Pine Creek, Irwin Run Fixed Crest overflow EL 960. Historic Photo View of the North Fork Pine Creek arm of the lake looking downstream. The boathouse is in the center of the photo. North Park Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project When initially constructed lake was 75 acres in size and approximately 24 feet deep near the face of the dam. Pine Creek Watershed Drainage area of Pine Creek -67.5 square miles Pine Creek upstream of North Park Dam 14.2 square miles with channel slope of 34 feet per mile North Fork Pine Creek 10 square miles with channel slope of 35 feet per mile Map courtesy of Pine Creek Watershed Coalition North Park Lake Problem Statement Uncontrolled surface runoff carrying sediment to the lake from development had resulted in a permanent loss of 12 acres of open water The 12 acres lost occurred in the Pine Creek arm receives the highest inflow and the highest suspended sediment Lake not only reduced in size, but also had a severely degraded remaining aquatic habitat. Due to enrichment from excessive runoff, the lake had become eutrophic and filled with an overgrowth of algae Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission 1997 and 2002 Reports classified North Park Lake as a shallow, eutrophic, turbid lake that suffers from a siltation problem.

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Page 1: North Park Lake Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration · View of the North Fork Pine Creek arm of the lake looking downstream. The boathouse is in the center of the photo. North Park Lake

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year.

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men

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2003

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nn

ing P

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Deta

iled P

roje

ct

Report

•D

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rmin

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uan

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rem

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nd H

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en

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alt

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ve f

or

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en

t R

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oval

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Pla

nn

ing P

rocess

Deta

iled P

roje

ct

Report

•Id

en

tify

Dis

posal A

rea

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ati

c h

abit

at

en

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cem

en

t

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res:

1.

Dete

rmin

e a

qu

ati

c h

abit

at

ben

efits

2.

Develo

p t

ota

l pro

ject

cost

esti

mate

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Develo

p p

roje

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sch

edu

le

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ete

rmin

e p

erm

its r

equ

ired t

o m

ove

forw

ard

Pla

nn

ing P

rocess

Sedim

en

t C

hara

cte

riza

tion

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reek A

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silty

cla

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wit

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rgan

ics E

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epth

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ate

r th

an

10ft

. B

en

eath

was a

very

loose s

ilty

san

d h

igh

mois

ture

con

ten

t

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ort

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ork

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reek A

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or

less

of very

soft

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ing P

rocess D

eta

iled P

roje

ct

Report

– A

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ati

ve A

naly

sis

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uan

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of

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ern

ati

ves

1.

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ves r

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or

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Dra

in t

he L

ake –

Mech

an

ical

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on

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nn

ing P

rocess A

ltern

ati

ve A

naly

sis

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ou

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ern

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ve) silt

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se lake t

o b

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ased w

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ased d

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rich

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t. N

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ark

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ou

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nn

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rain

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in t

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lake, allow

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dry

su

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to a

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Pla

nn

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rocess A

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ve A

naly

sis

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rain

ed w

ith

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eam

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ers

ion

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nel

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nn

ing P

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ve A

naly

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on

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nn

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Pla

nn

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rocess A

ltern

ati

ve A

naly

sis

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ag T

est

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bin

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edim

en

t slu

rry s

am

ple

wit

h

non

-toxic

poly

mer

added

2.

Geotu

bes w

ith

poly

mer

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mate

rial

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de laydow

n a

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ve

Pla

nn

ing P

rocess D

eta

iled P

roje

ct

Report

– A

ltern

ati

ve A

naly

sis

•R

ecom

men

ded A

ltern

ati

ve –

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in t

he L

ake

– M

ech

an

ical E

xcavati

on

•C

om

pari

son

Dra

in t

he L

ake -

$28 /

cu

bic

yard

rem

oved

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on

th c

on

str

ucti

on

du

rati

on

Hydra

ulic

Dre

dgin

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cu

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yard

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oved

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on

th c

on

str

ucti

on

du

rati

on

Pla

nn

ing P

rocess

Deta

iled P

roje

ct

Report

– D

isposal A

rea

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ildw

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ine D

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ite

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ite

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am

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ark

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posal

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ing P

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Pla

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rocess

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res

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rote

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on

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rote

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tracts

1A

. S

ite P

repara

tion

Con

tract

– A

llis

on

Park

C

on

tracto

rs I

nc. (A

llegh

en

y C

ou

nty

Con

tract)

1B

. Ir

win

Ru

n P

on

d S

upple

men

tal C

on

tract

- A

llis

on

Park

Con

tracto

rs I

nc. (A

llegh

en

y

Cou

nty

Con

tract)

2.

Ph

ase I

Sedim

en

tati

on

Rem

oval – C

J M

erl

o –

(F

edera

l C

on

tract

3.

Ph

ase I

I S

edim

en

tati

on

Rem

oval – C

J M

erl

o –

(A

llegh

en

y C

ou

nty

Con

tract)

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Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase T

imelin

e

•S

epte

mber

2009 –

Lake D

rain

ed

•O

cto

ber

2009 –

Fis

h R

escu

e

•Jan

uary

2010 –

Wildw

ood D

isposal S

ite P

rep

Work

•A

pri

l 2010 – L

ake R

e-d

rain

ed

•M

ay 2

010 – S

tream

Div

ers

ion

In

sta

llati

on

•Ju

ne 3

0, 2010

– S

edim

en

t R

em

oval

Com

men

ces

•Ju

ne 1

0, 2011 –

Re-O

pen

ing C

ere

mon

y

•Ju

ly 8

, 2011 –

Wate

r cre

sts

over

the d

am

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•D

rain

ing t

he lake (th

e f

irst

tim

e)

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•R

ose B

arn

Access R

am

p

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Tem

pora

ry R

oad C

on

str

ucti

on

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Pearc

e M

ill R

oad A

ccess R

oad C

on

str

ucti

on

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•S

tream

Div

ers

ion

Ch

an

nel E

xcavati

on

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Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•S

tream

Div

ers

ion

Ch

an

nel Lin

er

insta

llati

on

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•N

ort

h F

ork

Pin

e C

reek S

tream

Div

ers

ion

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•S

edim

en

t R

em

oval

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•S

edim

en

t R

em

oval

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Tem

pora

ry H

au

l R

oad in

Lakebed

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Tru

ck W

ash

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Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•A

eri

al Ph

oto

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ph

ase 1

Sedim

en

t R

em

oval C

om

ple

tion

C

on

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•W

ildw

ood D

isposal A

rea

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ph

ase 2

in

Pro

gre

ss

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•A

llegh

en

y C

ou

nty

’s P

hase 2

work

moves o

n

in t

he w

inte

r

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•A

llegh

en

y C

ou

nty

’s P

hase 2

work

moves o

n

in t

he w

inte

r Tre

e s

tum

p f

rom

th

e o

rigin

al la

ke

bed u

ncovere

d

un

der

8 f

eet

of

silt

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Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ph

ase 2

in

Pro

gre

ss M

arc

h 3

0,

2011 S

edim

en

t Level

Norm

al W

ate

r Lin

e

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ph

ase 2

in

Pro

gre

ss M

arc

h 3

0,

2011 N

orm

al W

ate

r Lin

e

Sedim

en

t Level

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

Fis

h s

tru

ctu

res:

•Post

Clu

ste

rs

•R

ocks S

tars

•S

pid

er

Hu

mps

•S

tum

p C

luste

rs

Dia

gra

ms c

ou

rtesy o

f Pen

nsylv

an

ia F

ish

an

d

Boat

Com

mis

sio

n

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Fis

h s

tru

ctu

res in

pla

ce (w

ait

ing f

or

the

lake t

o f

ill)

Fis

h H

abit

ats

•R

ock S

tars

•S

pid

er

Hu

mps

•Post

Clu

ste

rs

•S

tum

p C

luste

rs

•R

ock H

um

ps

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•In

Au

gu

st

2010 t

he A

llegh

en

y C

ou

nty

Depart

men

t of

Pu

blic W

ork

s

begin

s t

he p

rocess t

o a

men

d t

he E

nvir

on

men

tal A

ssessm

en

t an

d

Perm

its t

o in

clu

de s

edim

en

t re

moval in

Irw

in R

un

Pon

d a

nd d

isposal

of sedim

en

t in

th

e B

abcock C

on

tain

men

t A

rea.

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•B

abcock C

on

tain

men

t A

rea

Perm

itte

d a

nd

con

str

ucte

d in

1981

as a

dry

ing b

ed for

sedim

en

t re

moval

Sit

e h

as s

ubsu

rface

dra

inage s

yste

m

Filte

red w

ate

r dra

ins

into

sw

ale

an

d P

ine

Cre

ek

Available

volu

me f

or

sedim

en

t dis

posal

-35,0

00 c

ubic

yard

s

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Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•B

abcock C

on

tain

men

t S

ite

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ir

win

Ru

n P

on

d D

ivers

ion

Ch

an

nel C

on

str

ucti

on

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ir

win

Ru

n P

on

d S

edim

en

t R

em

oval

Com

ple

tion

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ir

win

Ru

n P

on

d F

illin

g I

n

Boat

Lau

nch

R

am

p

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

•Ir

win

Ru

n P

on

d B

oat

Lau

nch

Concre

te R

evetm

ent

Mat

•E

lim

inate

s e

rosio

n o

f soils

into

pon

d

•N

egati

ve s

torm

wate

r ru

noff.

•C

an

han

dle

heavy v

eh

icle

lo

ads

•M

at

acts

a p

erm

eable

pavem

en

t an

d a

llow

s w

ate

r to

in

filt

rate

in

to g

rou

nd

•M

inim

al m

ain

ten

an

ce

Con

str

ucti

on

Ph

ase

Wildw

ood D

isposal A

rea -

Ready f

or

seedin

g

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Nort

h P

ark

Lake

Aqu

ati

c E

cosyste

m R

esto

rati

on

•W

ate

r cre

sts

over

the d

am

Ju

ly 8

, 2011

Nort

h P

ark

Lake

Aqu

ati

c E

cosyste

m R

esto

rati

on

Qu

esti

on

s?