Sediment Removal at Wilkerson Lake – Fort Gordon, Georgia
Client: USACE, Savannah District
Categories: Civil Construction, Earth-Moving, Environmental, Heavy and Civil Construction, SpecPro Environmental Services LLC
Removed sedimentation from Wilkerson Lake and two 10-feet wide culverts draining into the lake in order to improve drainage and enhance the recreation area for this Wounded Warrior project.
- Drilled twenty soil borings to determine sediment thickness and characterize for disposal
- Removed approximately 26,000 cu. yds. of soft sediment from the 7-ft. deep lake
- Constructed access roads within the lake
- Avoided impacts to adjacent wetlands and provided recommendations to offset erosion
