Pump House Update

 ECL, the contractors hired to install the new irrigation pumphouse and piping system have been working very hard to complete the project on time. As it stand now, the pipe has been driven under the CN railway and the wet well has been installed.  The next step is to begin building the cinder block structure that will house the pumps and accompanying equipment. Below are some pictures and video describing the events of the past three weeks. 

After completing the crossing under the tracks, the valve cluster and the pipe are installed, linking the far side of the tracks to the golf course system.  The hole is back filled and work commences on the beach side of the project.

The excavator above is beginning the pit that will house the wet well.  The well is essentially a vertical cylinder that has a top and bottom.  The cylinder is about 20 feet deep and must be sunk into the ground at a grade that will allow the water to gravity feed into the well.  Below is a video showing the size of the hole and below that is a video of the a section of the cylinder being lowered into place.

 

   



The top (above) and the bottom (below) of the wet well





With the wet well in place the intake pipe can be installed.

This is looking from the top of the wet well.  At about 10 o'clock you can see an opening.  This opening will house the in take from the lake.  Because the intake and the bottom of the wet well are below the 50 year water mark of the lake, gravity will fill the wet well faster than we can draw it out with out pumps.

This  is a picture of the trench dug to install the intake pipe from the lake to the wet well.  The Department of the Environment and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans will only allow us to work in the lake during the off spawning periods of fish indigenous to the area.  Because of this the intake pipe leading to the wet well is dug  from the wet well to the lake and stopped about 15 feet from the edge of the lake. The next step is to build the building around the wet well and wait for the fish to finish their business.