August 19, 2011
by rob
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A survey of Truesdale Lake Thursday (8/18)Â morning indicated poor water quality. With the forecasted rain, Allied Biological, the company that monitors and treats the lake, recommended that the upper board be removed from the dam to allow the lake to … Continue reading
December 31, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Happy New Year!
To celebrate entering the 10th year of the Truesdalelake.com website, I dug up this old article from the Patent Trader’s August 23, 2001 issue about lake issues and lake management. It is a well written article and a good read. … Continue reading
December 6, 2009
by rob
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A crew of 12 worked from 6 am – 5 pm on Friday, December 4th to get the majority of the road and driveway paving completed. The crew included 2 steamroller operators, a paving machine operator, a flame-fired curbing gizmo, … Continue reading
December 3, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Separator Installed – Paving Tomorrow
The final underground pieces of the “Site 3” puzzle arrived from their casting in New Hampshire and were installed on Tuesday December 1. The crew came back on Wednesday morning to check the flows and fixed some minor issues. The … Continue reading
November 20, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Stormwater Project in Final Phases
The Truesdale Lake Drive “site 3” stormwater project (click here for all sites described) is nearing completion. There are two big steps before the project is done. First the hydrodynamic separator needs to be installed in the upper part of … Continue reading
November 10, 2009
by rob
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The long awaited stormwater improvements to the stormwater drainage problems on Truesdale Lake Drive near the TEA beach are underway. If you have not already seen the work, please stop by the beach area and check in on the project. … Continue reading
November 3, 2009
by rob
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Week three and work continues. Check dams on the east side of the street (uphill) and work on new catchbasins. Soon the pipes will go in under the upper parking lot along with new catchbasins. Last thing to go underground … Continue reading
November 1, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Stormwater Project Continues
The stormwater project entered its second week and work is progressing nicely. The pipes and manholes are in place under the lower parking lot and work made its way all the way across the street to begin the check dams … Continue reading
October 26, 2009
by rob
Comments Off on Saturday Rain Shows the Power of Stormwater Runoff
The 3 inches of rain that fell on Saturday, October 24th showed the power that water can exert over our man-made attempts at control. The fifty foot section of pipe laid on Friday was moved askew by the torrent from … Continue reading
October 23, 2009
by admin
Comments Off on Stormwater Work Moving Along
Work on the Truesdale Lake Drive Stormwater Project got underway in earnest today. Preliminary work and staging had been underway for some time already. The pipe from the plunge pond up to the separator unit was laid today. Check the … Continue reading