Photo Gallery

   Temporary intake pipe        7Oct09           

Working within clean water diversion 7Oct09

Lower coffer dam keeps sediment at bay 16Oct10

Heavy organic mud in upper river left slough 8Oct09

Boulders from Linke pit ready to go in river 7Oct09

Setting keystone boulder at apex of vane 8Oct09

Gravel for burrito actually a relleno 23Oct09

Delivering intake pipe to burrito, clean water bypassing 26Oct09

           Intake pipe in place              26Oct09

Burrito in place smothered in native river cobble 28Oct09

   Removing clean water diversion   28Oct09

Heavy duty crane lifted intake vault into place 3Nov09

        Intake vault in place        2Nov09

Suppliers were eager to supply BuyAmerican materials 13Oct09

Iindividual slide gates for each intake pipe 4Nov09

Beginning riparian habitat work to narrow and deepen channel and increase floodplain 2Nov09

   Completed gravel bar with willow   4Nov09

Willows were installed on gravel bars 2Nov09

Excavated river cobble filled over boulder backbone 6Nov09

Boulders continue up onto bank to offer access and rest spot 6Nov09

Completed lower riparian gravel bar 6Nov09

Gravel bar and low flow channel 15Oct10

Completed bar with backwater disconnected from surface of intake area

    Riffle crest set over intake       20Nov09

View upstream across intake note sinuous flow 20Nov09

Ice off looking upstream note good sinuosity 7Apr10

      Working on vault plumbing       14Apr10

     Runoff increasing to 260 cfs on     20Apr10

     Off channel habitat at 100 cfs    3May10

         Otter or beaver use               3May10

Runoff backing into off channel habitat 3May10

Runoff up to 1,000 cfs on 25May10

Upstream at 1,000 cfs 25May10

1,000 cfs flooding backwater 25May10

            Even bigger runoff               1June10

Runoff flooding weir - upstream riparian area is good 1June10

  Runoff going into backwater area   1June10

               Peak flow 2,100 cfs              on 7June10

           2,100 across intake            on 7Jun10

  Looking downstream at 2,100 cfs     7Jun10

           Receding upstream              24June10

Receding to 900 cfs across intake 24June10

Receding to 750 cfs note 2009 point bar emerging upstream 29Jun10

        750 cfs still flooding slough       29June10

750 cfs note sediment capture on upstream 2009 point bar 29Jun10

    750 cfs waves at vane invert     29Jun10

            750 cfs backwater              29Jun10

Coarse woody debris captured by willow 29June10

  750 cfs still flooding upstream     29June10

Coarse woody material captured on point bar

Log captured by willow planted in 2009

Coarse woody material captured and now growing 29Jun10

Log-capturing willow still healthy 29Jun10

Flow down to 275 cfs with upstream point bar fully emerged on 17July10

       RL backwater at 275 cfs           17July10

            Drilling blast holes               30Jun10

Siesmograph - little orange box on old tank 5July10

Team powow to discuss early blasting results 8Jul10

Preparing for Blast #3 on 13Jul10

Dynamite on 13July10

Blasting pattern 13Jul10

Blasting heaps material up and ready to be excavated 13July10

        Blast mat job well done            8Jul10

A total of 2600 yards of material were blasted and removed

Great job protecting the old tank - 23July10

Cleaning to prepare for mud mat 28Jul10

Merrick Project Engineer Curt Thompson -on right- photographing progress 28Aug10

               Mud matt started                 on 2Aug10

Garneys crew boss Tino directing next phase 4Aug10

Kumar Steve Mulligan concrete quality control 10Aug10

Pouring tank base - note rebar pattern 10Aug10

  Inner wall forms up quickly    13Aug10

   Interior forms - note plumb bobs   13Aug10

Everist Concrete suppling concrete, pouring walls 13Aug10

Garney crew safety first and excellent teamwork 23Aug10

Garney Project Manager Brock Southwick and Merrick Engineer Ed Duerr -25Aug102

  Garney precision concrete team   30Aug10

      View of tank from town         18Sept10

   Tank structural fill compaction    28Sept10

CDPHE Project Engineer Andy Poirot visits team on 29Sept10

Mayor Hershal helping install Solarbee solar-powered mixer into old tank 13Aug10

Engineer Ed Duerr basking with Solarbee mixer

Tank bankfill 9-29-10

Clear Well & Water Plant

First step installing yard piping 4-7-10

First pour clear well sump 4-22-10

Mountain Parks Electric 5-10

  Pour clear well floor - excellent teamwork 5-14-10

 Clear well walls form baffles for longer residence time 5-25-10

                 Moving dirt                          6-8-10

Clear well 6-8-10

Clear well 6-8-10

Pour clear well deck which becomes filter room floor 6-15-10

Metal building walls go up requiring serious teamwork 6-24-10

Metal walls going up 6-24-10

Metal walls going up 6-24-10

Filter skid delivery -- tight fit! 7-17-10

Filter - 8-25-10

Filter - 8-25-10

Jack 8-25-10

Walt and Jim 9-17-10

Jack with new computerized system 9-24-10

Rain gardens collecting runoff     2010-1