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Lake Independence Dam: APS Polymer Softens Bank Scour in Big Bay, Michigan Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us Lake Independence near Big Bay, Michigan, was enlarged by a 1930s hydroelectric dam on the Iron River. The Marquette County Drain Commission still maintains water levels for lakefront property even though power generation ended. Years of

Salmon Trout River Bridge: Soft Armor and SRBs Protect Coaster Brook Trout Habitat Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us Michigan DEQ asked the Marquette County Road Commission to bring APS into erosion and sedimentation planning for a Triple A Road bridge over a stream that drains to the Salmon Trout River in the Upper

Wal-Mart Antioch Detention Basin: Floc Logs Cut Turbidity from 8,960 NTU to 1.8 Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us Local ordinances required a large detention basin on a new 25-acre Wal-Mart in Antioch, Illinois—330× 180to control stormwater release and trap sediment during grading and utilities. Water left through a perforated standpipe with gravel pack.

US Highway 98 Soft Armor: Silt Stop Stabilizes Post-Hurricane Shoulders Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us On July 10, 2005, Hurricane Dennis hit the Florida panhandle near Apalachicola and St. George’s Island as a Category 3 storm. About 14 miles of US Highway 98a coastal tourism and transport corridorsaw shoulder erosion through full roadway

Holly Commons Subdivision: Floc Logs and Silt Stop Cut Pond Turbidity Up to 98% Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us When Holly Commons was under construction in Holly Springs, Georgia (spring 2006), Cherokee Silt Fence Company found poor erosion control: misplaced silt fence, no temporary vegetation, large bare areas, and slopes around sediment ponds

Bonnie Mine Road: Floc Logs Drop Dewatering Turbidity from 800+ NTU to Under 17 Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us In summer 2006, Moretrench was building Bonnie Mine Road in Bartow, Florida, when heavy seasonal rains pushed retention ponds near capacity. Dewatering already struggled with excess site water; more pumping would stir sediment and

Nashville Zoo Croft Pond: Silt Stop and Floc Logs Restore a Habitat Under Foot Traffic Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us Croft Pond is one of the first habitats visitors see at Nashville Zoo—roughly 90′ 260′ (about 23,400 ft) and home to waterfowl including Black Neck Swans. Historically the pond struggled with low summer

Clover Bar Ravine Cleanup: Passive Floc Logs Cut Metals and Turbidity in Edmonton Get your Soil & Water TestContact Us The Clover Bar Ravine north of Edmonton, Alberta, drains an industrialized corridor straight into the North Saskatchewan Riverboth fish-bearing waters. City of Edmonton Risk Management sampling from 20042011 found metal concentrations exceeding CCME, Alberta Environment,