Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
(OP)
The majority of the dirt moving is from vacuum excavations to provide trenches for new underground water piping. We do not have enough environmental permitted land on this military base to dump our dirt. I am looking for an alternate solution to temporarily store the mud & dirt. Looking for any possible solution A.S.A.P. Thank you!





RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
cvg think you've read the post incorrectly!
Zambo
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
cvg's post wasn't far afield; dewatered spoils could be put into large piles temporarily - or the spoils placed and dewatered by gravity (with help, of course.) To me, the big question is why the excavated quantities are larger than were expected (hence the permitted land area wasn't big enough)...
Perhaps we are dealing with a symptom, not the real problem.
Please see FAQ731-376 for great suggestions on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips Fora.
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
However, if any of you can think of any possible solution that won't involve cost, I certainly appreciate that, otherwise, thank you so much for everyone's time.
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
"There's no such thing as a free lunch."
My first suggestion is that you talk to your base CE (unless that's you, of course!) to see if s/he has any ideas. Then you might contact any friends you have with COE, particularly the folks at WES in Vicksburg. Those are all resources that are available to you (assuming we are discussing a U.S. base, of course.)
Do you have any other real estate that could be used temporarily?
You could also create a dike around your dewatering area to protect against contamination of the creek - allowing you to increase the storage depth.
Please see FAQ731-376 for great suggestions on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips Fora.
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
Thank you so much for your concern. You are exactly right. We already found the solution: we will have a small area to dump mud, we will create a pit that will handle certain volume, and we will empty every other 2-3 days to off-base landfill.
Again, thank you so much for people who are concerned about other people.
RE: Excavated dirt & mud temporary storage challenge!!!
Zambo