At Work | 2019
Summary of maintenance and special projects completed in 2019.
Summary of maintenance and special projects completed in 2019.
Vegetation management is key to preserving channel capacity for flow, and providing access for maintenance activities along the 33 miles of channel that we are responsible for.
With this year’s extra rainfall, we’ve increased mowings up to four per year for most dams and removing debris removal from trash racks.
Four Pipe Structures were replaced on Channel Reaches LC02, CC05, and CC11. Access was improved at Dam 7-C and Coal Bank Road gates.
In 2019, we used our first laser scan and 3D Basemap to indicate any possible compromises of a Principal Spillway structure.
Installation of the StormLink® Satellite Monitoring Station allows remote monitoring during heavy rainfall and storm events.
In 2019, we installed our third Automated Rainfall and Stage Level Monitoring System with a StormLink® Satellite Monitoring Station. At Dam 5-D, off Seiner Road near Creston, Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) staff installed conduit, concrete supports, and the solar-powered station. We will be able to monitor the site remotely, for rainfall and flood pool stage, which is especially important during large storm events.