FARMINGTON — Divers will clear the muck from the pond behind Trumpf on Hyde Road by hand, setting aside any turtle they touch. The town's Inland Wetlands Commission approved the work Wednesday, Nov. 4. The contractor hopes to start toward the end of the month.
The man-made pond, which connects to Scott Swamp Brook, has filled with mud: nearly 2½ feet of it on average, by the contractor's estimate, under a little over 2 feet of water. The work in the water should take about a month, give or take a week or two.
"We're essentially just taking out the fill that's accumulated over time," said Mark Amler, who owns the contractor, Pristine Waters. The pond will be no deeper than when it was dug.
The mud will dry in bags in Trumpf's parking lot, likely for 8 to 12 weeks, then be tested and either hauled away or kept for landscaping. The plan is the one Trumpf brought to the commission in October.
"I don't have a concern with the project," said Commissioner Robert Isner. No one else on the commission raised one.
The commission also approved a shed at 21 Holmes Circle, the other application it had held over from October.
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Jack Beckett has now reported on two wetlands meetings about one pond. He is rooting for the turtles and is on his second coffee. ☕
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