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MAINTENANCE USES DELICATE TOUCH TO SAVE URBAN- IlET LAND <br /> By Eric Jones, Engineering <br /> } <br /> r L. # #tt ' -' ` - r <br /> r = 1 <br /> �, , t• !, r s r .- t -f, t - <br /> * '% ra pr e ... !' M e:• s , - % <br /> -. c , t , M BA x , t; t � � ,,- Bi `f 4° -t...:":4„--:- ^.,' <br /> , rt - -4 1 `� i - - 1,��� <br /> q L t <br /> Jc- n• I :,1 . k r-� `� '_- '�� tie ��-,d 14.5 ��b� �. °t r , • <br /> When it comes to saving local wetland backhoe to carefully excavate the end of the <br /> areas, Public Works Maintenance has found 24 -inch pipe. They then cemented a con - <br /> that a gentle and skillful touch sometimes crete "pancake" cap over the open end and <br /> produces the best result- That's exactly the filled the sinkhole with clean material left <br /> approach that was used to stop the draining over from a landscaping job at the Wastewa- <br /> of Stewart Pond, a seasonal wetland located ter Treatment Plant. The final step was __ <br /> on the north side of Stewart Road east of handgrading the ground to match the sur- <br /> Bertelsen. rounding wetland. <br /> During the rainy season earlier this When Danny and Bob were finished, <br /> year, Ed Alverson, a Nature Conservancy there was no trace of the work they'd done - <br /> ecologist working with Engineering, Learned a real plus for the bird watchers and wetland <br /> that the shallow pond was draining into a tour groups that flock to the area to view the <br /> sinkhole at the end of an uncapped storm shore birds, geese, and other wildlife. The <br /> sewer stub. The stub, which is on private willingness to do the repairs in an environ- <br /> property, had been installed years earlier mentally and esthetically sensitive manner <br /> during the reconstruction of Stewart Road. is a good example of a balanced wetlands <br /> Alverson alerted Maintenance, which program, says Alverson. <br /> volunteered to cap the pipe to preserve the "It's not necessarily a hands -off ap- <br /> wetland area. Under the coordination of Jack proach," says Alverson." This shows there <br /> Long, sewer maintenance crew members are ways we can be actively involved in <br /> Danny Gonzalez and Bob Edmiston used a maintaining our urban wetlands system." • <br />