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| San Rafael Canal
Spoils
Dumping in delta, bay ---> or reusing on levee, parks, etc. (blow-up) |
 Blow-up |
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| What can be done about the
polluted silt and materials that have filled the front (near the Grand
Avenue Bridge) portion of the San Rafael Canal? At least two
answers are:
1) Disposal sites can be found somewhere up the Delta and spoils can be barged there at an expensive cost. 2) The hot dredged material can be suction pumped to Canalways at a less expensive cost. How much can be saved by suction pumping to Canalways rather than barging these materials up the Delta? Click below to compare the cost of suction pumping and bioremediating the hot spot at Canalways versus Port Sonoma. How many cubic yards of fill could a site like Canalways beneficially reuse? Click to see an estimate of Cubic yards of fill beneficially reusable at Canalways. The City's fifteen acres flood control pond for East San Rafael resides at Canalways. When the pond was built in 1973 its center was roughly 6" below the surrounding land. Today, in 2000, it has silted up to the level of the surrounding land, causing the pond to spill over onto the rest of the Canalways site. In addition, the broken pipe and non-automatic and often malfunctioning pump has caused further flooding to the site, further prolonging the normal drying of the site. By not allowing the site to dry properly the possibility of suction pumping Canal dredgings to the site has been delayed. |
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