tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83964458146712108902024-03-05T16:07:22.324-06:00The Contractor ReportAre contractors for public works projects respecting the environment?
A report of citizen experience with contractors in Dane County, WI.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-48078582466262926812014-07-26T01:24:00.001-05:002014-07-26T01:24:37.628-05:00Why concrete washout is harmful to the environment<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Most contractors know that concrete slurry or washout can cause a fish kill, if it reaches a lake or stream. That's because the fluids are highly alkaline--as corrosive as draino. And aquatic organisms are extremely sensitive to changes in Ph (alkalilnity). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">For that reason, it's illegal in Madison to discharge washout to the gutter. Violations are enforced by Public Health and referred routinely for prosecution. <i>Contractor Report </i>documents washout spills with photos and reports them immediately to Public Health.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">However, dumping concrete waste or slurry to the soil <i>is legal</i>. But that doesn't make it a good practice or good public relations. There's increasing evidence, reported below, that concrete waste in the soil has the potential to harm the environment and degrade our drinking water.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">In the last 20 years, our knowledge of bacteria has undergone a revolution. We now know that bacteria can live inside solid rock. Bacteria live and reproduce high in the clouds--where they help form rain as water condenses upon their bodies.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">The first hints came in the 1960s, when scientists in the Antarctic found algae living and growing inside the pores of rocks. The climate near the south pole was harsh--but the microscopic plants found conditions INSIDE rocks to be warmer and wetter than outside.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Since then, bacteria have been found growing in the pores of solid rock several kilometers below the surface. How they got there is a mystery. Perhaps these are the descendants of bacteria present in the sediments from which the rocks formed millions of years ago.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br />
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Detoxifying bacteria <i>Shewanella oneidensis</i> (green). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsl/5788244370/in/photolist-9PugoJ-btfwfh-nKFsu2-nf6jB6-nGvKP8-nqjmyK-9AjUui-8xEWbN-8xBUap-7JMyRA-ne41Dc-nvgZZY-83aYEN-nHS6bm-nqLgrm-nMzVxc-nzCkPz-nqjkTM/" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">Source: EMSL</a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">These buried bacteria are able to grow without sunlight by harvesting the energy found in chemical compounds, such as rust or sulfur. Some even live off the natural radioactivity in rocks. They persist like Rip Van Winkle in a state of suspended animation--metabolizing just enough to repair damage to their DNA--individual cells perhaps living for eons.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"></a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">There's a vast, living world beneath our feet, of which we have but a glimmer of understanding.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Bacteria found in fracking wells</b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">It used to be that you could study bacteria only by growing them in a Petri dish. If they wouldn't grow, you couldn't study them or even identify them. And most bacteria can't be cultured. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">But with DNA analysis, you can identify bacterial genes in almost any sample drawn from nature. Now scientists are </span><a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2013/01/06/creatures-thrive-in-fracking-wells.html" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6633; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" target="_blank">finding bacterial genes</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">in samples from fracking wells. It turns out there's life down there!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Drillers are taking note--the bacteria could corrode their equipment, or create slimy films that would cut down on the well's flow. If the bacteria start to flourish, they might produce waste gases which would contaminate the natural gas produced by the well.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Free services from life underground</b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Bacteria, fungi, and larger organisms like earthworms form soil from weathering rock. Without soil, we'd have a barren planet with little to eat. That's a story for another day--here I'm talking about life </span><u style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">below</u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">the soil.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">One of the miracles of this planet are the pure aquifers you can find in most places. Simply sink a shallow well, and you have all the pure drinking water you need, even if surface waters are</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">contaminated.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">How does the filthy water from an urban flood become clean as it sinks into the ground? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">It's easy to understand how a coffee filter works. It's like a screen on the window to keep out mosquitoes. The pores in the filter are too small for the grounds--so the hot water passes through, but the coffee grounds stay behind.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">The pores in the ground do act like a filter--a filter many miles thick. But there's a lot more to the cleansing action of the ground. Many forms of pollution actually stick to the particles in the ground. It's a process called </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">adsorption. </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"> Phosphorus, a well-known pollutant in our lakes, binds to or </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">adsorbs</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"> to tiny soil particles.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">The bacteria also purify groundwater by using pollutants as food. They take complex organic compounds like pesticides, and break them down to simple, harmless substances.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">This bug eats heavy metal pollution</b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Some undergound bacteria have flexible metabolic machinery. If one chemical they use for energy isn't available, they switch to using another chemical for food.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">One helpful bacterium named </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Shewanella </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">(photo above)</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"> </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">detoxifies heavy metal pollution. It normally gets its energy from rust-like minerals. But if the conditions turn alkaline, bug shifts to using sulfur compounds for its energy source, producing foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide as a by-product. </span><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6187/984.6.full?sid=d35fe30e-9de7-4ea0-862d-3611e7879c20" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6633; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" target="_blank">Source</a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Protecting underground life</b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Given an emerging awareness of life miles below our feet, and how little we know about it--how should we respond?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;">Throughout Madison, concrete wasted is dumped into the ground--legally. The waste is either leftover concrete, or the "washout" from cleansing equipment after pouring. It happens at every construction job, from buildings to street resurfacing, to sidewalk reconstruction.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.91499900817871px;" /><br />
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<i>Construction of Lakeshore Residence on the UW Campus in 2011, showing concrete waste dumped on sandy soil.</i></div>
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<i>The same residence hall, after completion, with dying oak</i>.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157645913425941/" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">Photos</a> of concrete waste dumped during construction of Lakeshore Residence Halls, near above tree</div>
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<b>Dumping washout is bad for business</b>. Here's a comment posted on one of my other blogs: "<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Great post. Because of some of your earlier posts, when I recently hired a mason to replace our chimney cap, I specifically asked him how he handled concrete waste water. He said he mixes in buckets and takes them home, lets them dry and knocks the chunks out. So that sold me on him. Leslie."</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-35696155803625117782014-05-29T21:29:00.000-05:002014-05-29T21:29:00.130-05:00Edgewater construction causes muddy plume in Lake Mendota<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
In the evening of May 27, 2014, shortly after the heaviest downpour ended, a boater* observed a muddy plume extending 100 feet out from the Edgewater Hotel construction site into Lake Mendota.<br />
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The observer noticed an eroded rill on the east side of the construction site, but did not actually observe the runoff leaving the site. However, the location of the muddy plume strongly suggests that Findorff Construction, the main contractor at the site, was responsible.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The National Weather Service says Madison set a record for daily rainfall with 1.36 inches." <a href="http://www.wkow.com/story/25625650/2014/05/27/flooding-on-franklin-street-downtown" target="_blank">Source</a></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2013/01/inaccurate-report-by-findorff-at.html" target="_blank">Previous sediment spill by Findorff</a> at the Edgewater reconstruction.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-70467793494447793702013-11-22T01:00:00.000-06:002013-12-08T11:38:38.462-06:00A tar sands mine in Madison ??<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
Madison has its own version of the tar sands--an asphalt and concrete recycling operation near the corner of the Beltline and Verona Rd. Next door is a staging area for the stormsewer work going on along the beltline.<br />
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In addition, these two sites are a glaring example of environmental injustice. Just downwind (for NW or E winds) is low income housing. Concrete recycling creates toxic dust--containing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis" target="_blank">crystalline silica</a>.<br />
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Recycling of roads is good--but not when it's located next to housing, where it puts citizens at risk. The dust in the photo above is blowing directly towards housing 0.1 miles distant.<br />
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The negligent contractors appear to be...<br />
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<li>To the west, <b>Speedway Sand and Gravel</b>. This company's CEO was convicted of helping create the superfund dump called "Refuse Hideaway" <i>(I'm not making this up), </i>located along SR 14 between Middleton and Cross Plains. Speedway was also responsible for the <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2010/07/expensive-mistakes.html" target="_blank">big sediment spill</a> while they were working on Edgewood Avenue three years ago, and responsible for allowing large <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/01/speedway-dumps-toxic-waste-in-lake.html" target="_blank">cans of tar</a> to wash into Lake Wingra. Their work along <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157637931081566/" target="_blank">Mineral Point Rd, just west of the beltline</a>, was also extremely dirty.</li>
<li>To the east where recycling is occurring, <b>Zenith Tech Inc</b>. of Waukesha.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-16401232464735628362013-11-05T02:24:00.000-06:002013-11-05T02:26:45.665-06:00Clean Clear Waters Challenge Announced for Local Builders<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
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MADISON – A bold new program will now enable local building projects to obtain a “Clean Clear Waters” designation by complying with advanced erosion control practices. The program will officially be unveiled at the first Clean Clear Waters certified home. Located in the Village of Shorewood Hills, the home captures 100% of rooftop run-off with rainwater recovery and native landscaping features and used advanced erosion control and storm water management practices during construction.<br />
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The event Tuesday is designed to highlight the important role builders and developers can play in improving our lakes by implementing best practices in erosion control, landscape conservation and storm water management. Run-off from construction sites can cause soil erosion and contain contaminants that are harmful to waterways.<br />
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“Madison area lakes are the emerald jewels of our region's quality of life,” said WEI Executive Director John Imes. “With increasing attempts by state policy makers to reduce local control of water quality standards, we need new tools and innovative strategies to help clean our waters.”<br />
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The role of local communities will also be highlighted at the event. While the Clean Clear Waters Checklist provides over 40 strategies to reduce impacts to waterways, builders’ must also comply with the erosion control plan required for building permits by the local municipality.<br />
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“The Village of Shorewood Hills incorporates extensive bio-retention community rain gardens and administers rigorous erosion control and storm water regulations,” said Village Administrator Karl Frantz. “The Clean Clear Waters designation will only enhance efforts to preserve our lakes for future generations.”<br />
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Located at 1008 Edgehill Dr. in the Village of Shorewood Hills, the first Clean Clean Waters certified home includes:<br />
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Use of redundant straw bale and erosion control socks in areas with steep slopes<br />
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Trees and natural features on site protected during construction.<br />
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Chip and reuse site-cleared wood and brush and mulch the entire building site after back-fill and home completion<br />
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Site disturbance limited to within 20 feet of structures and paved areas.<br />
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Native landscape plantings that are ecologically adapted and native to South Central Wisconsin include: Native river birch and winterberry, woodland savanna, prairie short grasses/forbs, butterfly and hummingbird garden species and “no mow” lawn sedge as a semi-evergreen lawn alternative. <br />
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Rainwater recovery provided by two rain gardens and the Rain Reserve Build-A-Barrel system, an elegant and simple design for rainwater harvesting.<br />
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Established and maintained a single stabilized construction entrance and provided onsite supervision and coordination during site clearing, grading, trenching, paving, and installation of utilities to ensure that Clean Clear Water measures were implemented.<br />
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“As an infill project with steep topography, we needed to pay even closer attention to landscape practices and erosion control,” said home builder Jeff Simon. “The Clean Clear Waters Checklist provides the additional strategies local builders need to reduce the potential for run-off from construction sites.”<br />
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Additional organizations represented at the event include: Clean Lakes Alliance, Dane County, Capital Area Regional Planning Commission, Madison Area Builders Association, Town & Country Engineering, Inc., and J. Simon Design Build.<br />
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The “Clean Clear Waters” designation is independently certified by the Green Built Home™ program. Green Built Home™ is a national award-wining green building certification program developed in 1999 through a partnership between the Wisconsin Environmental Initiative (WEI) and the Madison Area Builders Association (MABA). Since the program’s inception, WEI has certified over 8,000 homes statewide and recently, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) added Green Built Home certification as a requirement for Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects. <br />
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For more details about WEI’s initiatives, please visit www.weigogreener.org and click under Clean Clear Waters and Green Built Home. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contact: John Imes, Wisconsin Environmental Initiative (WEI). </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(608) 280-0360; (608) 712-7898 (cell).</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-70522167470538045392013-10-27T12:43:00.000-05:002013-10-27T12:43:33.652-05:00Construction site threatens Lake Wingra<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
The construction site for apartments, at the corner of Arbor Dr. and Knickerbocker St., has been consistently poor in its erosion control. It's just a stones throw from Lake Wingra.<br />
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<li>The street had not been swept--fine dust was blowing about.</li>
<li>Stormwater inlets were dirty and not maintained.</li>
<li>One stormwater inlet next to the construction entrance had no visible protection.</li>
<li>Construction entrances were not adequate.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-15461501428668537722013-09-24T13:12:00.003-05:002013-09-24T13:16:10.520-05:0019 % of phosphorus from construction--source of the data<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>"Studies show that 19% of the phosphorus in our lakes comes from construction site erosion."</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We've been asked for the source of this data...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The figures below are for Lake Mendota.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.90625px;">"Inventory and modeling produced estimates of sediment and phosphorus loadings to the lake (see Table 1). Several surprising findings emerged from the planning work. The first was that although less than 1 percent of the land area was undergoing development, models suggested that portion of land accounted for almost one quarter of the sediment loading and one fifth of the phosphorus loading to the lake (WDNR 2000)." <a href="http://www.danewaters.com/pdf/MendotaFPIReportDRAFTMay2012.pdf" target="_blank">Source</a></span></span><br />
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<i>Below: Trackout from just 1 vehicle, 1 trip, at a construction site.</i></div>
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Muddy tracks you can see are <em>just the tip of the iceberg</em>.<br />
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If you can see any tracks at all, then you can bet there are <strong><em>tons</em> <em>of mud </em></strong>washing into our lakes from this construction site (see calculations below). </div>
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<em>Upper left: Tracks by north entrance about noon. Click on photo to enlarge.</em></div>
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<em>Upper right: Same area at quitting time. Different tracks indicate there was an earlier sweeping, but not late enough to remove all the tracks before another rainstorm after work.</em></div>
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<em>Bottom left: Faint tracks & small clods on Gately Ter, 4 blocks away.</em><br />
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The calculations below are guesses, needing much refinement. The purpose is simply to show how mud on tires can really<strong> add up.</strong><br />
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<li style="border: medium none;">Assume construction takes 1 year, 5 days a week for 52 weeks. Assume that only half of those days have mud on-site (rain is less frequent--but mud persists for a while). This gives 130 days a year when mud might be tracked off-site.</li>
<li style="border: medium none;">Assume each day, on average, 10 visits of vehicles with large wheels, 6 wheels per vehicle (concrete tucks have more tires). Assume each wheel can track 2 lbs of mud off-site. Total, 12 lbs mud per visit or 120 lbs per day.</li>
<li>Assume each day 20 visits by smaller vehicles like pickup trucks, with 4 wheels. Each vehicle tracks a total of 1 lb mud off site. Total, 20 lbs per day.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.90625px;">How can so much mud be tracked out, when you can barely see the tracks? Simple--it's miles before all the mud drops off the tires. It's spread so thinly across the roads you can barely see it. But it still winds up in the lake. After a rain storm in June, I followed </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157624239174180/show/" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6633; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.90625px;">one muddy track</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.90625px;"> for six miles.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.90625px;">For example gravel comes from Yahara Materials, the Meinholz Quarry #7. This quarry has multiple violations of erosion control laws, including muddy tracks, no gravel tracking pad, and ineffective sediment fences. So in effect, you can multiply the 9 tons above by 2--to account for the sediment at each end of a vehicle trip.</span><br />
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<em>Cleaning tires--</em><br />
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Here are photos of Bernie's Beach on Monona Bay, and along the shore a bit east--taken on June 7.<br />
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Weeds, stimulated by phosphorus.... thanks to <a href="http://www.saveourstream.blogspot.com/2013/07/amazing-regulatory-failure-monona-bay.html" target="_blank">Ghidorzi Companies pollution</a>.<br />
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Below, you see the curtain for a "boom-and-curtain" installation at the beach. This curtain is part of a pilot project, since 2010, to keep algae and scum out of the swimming area. The van in the rear houses equipment to filter the water inside the curtain. They even use UV light to sterilize the water. It uses LOT$ of energy.<br />
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So, it's like a swimming pool with filtered water, except that you get to smell the scum just beyond.<br />
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This pilot project, for two beaches, was estimated to cost $60,000, not including staff time.<br />
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This expense is one that contractors pass on the taxpayers, when they fail to follow erosion control rules, and wind up dumping sediment to the bay. <a href="http://saveourstream.blogspot.com/2010/05/money-wasted-on-project-to-stop-algae.html" target="_blank">More</a><br />
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Ghidorzi Companies sent <a href="http://www.saveourstream.blogspot.com/2013/07/amazing-regulatory-failure-monona-bay.html" target="_blank">13 sediment spills</a> to the bay in the last year.<br />
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A bit further east along the shore...<br />
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Here's a stunning example of the harmful effects of construction site erosion.<br />
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Construction causes 19% of the phosphorus in our lakes. Phosphorus fertilizes weeds in the lake.<br />
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Gambling with our lakes. Madison's romantic riverboat...<br />
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Weed cutting in Monona Bay, July 23, 2013</div>
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The Ghidorzi construction site on S. Park St. It still looks like this.<br />
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Muddy pollution leaving the site...<br />
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Below, a muddy plume entering Monona Bay, one block away. We have documented <a href="http://www.saveourstream.blogspot.com/2013/07/amazing-regulatory-failure-monona-bay.html" target="_blank">13 sediment spills</a> into the bay from this site within one year.<br />
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And now, thanks to taxpayers, the weeds come out of the bay... at the very same spot the pollution went in. Neighbors say the weeds haven't been cut here for some years.<br />
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Thirteen spills of phosphorus into the bay--and now the noxious weeds are out of control.<br />
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Ghidorzi saves on erosion control... Madison pays.<br />
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A whole dump truck loaded with weeds.<br />
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The trucks line up, one after another.<br />
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The fish kill happened 10 days after we documented the 11th muddy plume into the bay.<br />
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Wouldn't it be smarter to enforce good laws on the books, than slop it in, truck it out? <a href="http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=50000" target="_blank">Chapter 37</a></div>
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<b>The beginning, and the end... of this project</b><br />
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Citizens, at the "Grand Opening Ceremony," reporting what really happened.</div>
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A dead raccoon in the bay...</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157634769533147/" target="_blank">Photos of weed cutting</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157634775071569/" target="_blank">Photos of the fish kill</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157634653482333/" target="_blank">Photos of protest</a><br />
* Photo <span style="text-align: center;">from Ghidorzi facebook page</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-19944100179648331182013-07-18T15:16:00.001-05:002013-07-18T15:23:53.802-05:00Erosion control plan for the Wingra Clinic, 1102 S. Park St.<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
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<i>Because Contractor Report has documented <a href="http://friendsofmononabay.blogspot.com/2013/01/muddy-plumes-in-bay-caused-by-wingra.html" target="_blank">13 sediment spills</a> into Monona Bay, plus one extreme <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/8703552231" target="_blank">dust incident</a>, it's beyond question that either the plan below, and/or its implementation, were flawed. But Ghidorzi and the City signed on to this plan, so knowing the plan is where any investigation starts. Later, we plan to post a critique of this plan, plus detailed analysis of how it was carried out.</i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Wingra Clinic--Grading, Erosion Control, and Landscaping Plans </b>C 2.0</span></div>
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By Engineer Wade P. Wyse </div>
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Obtained from DNR via a Freedom of Information Request</div>
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<b>"General notes" (relevant parts)</b><br />
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6. All building and waste materials shall be properly handled and disposed of offsite to prevent runoff of material into waters of the State.<br />
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<b>"Construction Site Erosion Control Requirements"</b><br />
<i>I have emphasized <span style="color: blue;">in blue</span> the items easiest to observe from outside the site</i><br />
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<li>All erosion and sediment control practices shall be designed and implemented in accordance with the current department of natural resources erosion and sediment control technical standards which are available at http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/runoff/stormwater/techstds.htm</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Install erosion control measures prior to any site work, including grading or disturbance of existing surface materials as shown on plan. Modifications to sediment control design may be conducted to meet unforeseen field conditions if modifications conform to WDNR technical standards.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Inspections and maintenance of all erosion control measures shall be routine (once per week minimum) to ensure proper function of erosion control at all times. Erosion control measures are to be in working order at the end of each work day.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Inspect erosion control measures after each ½’ or greater rainfall. Repair any damage observed during the inspection.</span></li>
<li>Erosion control measures shall be removed only after site construction is complete with all soil surfaces having an established vegetative cover.</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Install a tracking pad 50’ long and no less than 12” thick by use of 3” clear stone. Tracking pads are to be maintained by the contractor in a condition which will prevent the tracking of mud or dry sediment onto the adjacent public streets after each working day or more frequently as required by the city of Madison.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Install erosion controls on the downstream side of stockpiles.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Install check dams within drainage ditches and in front of silt fencing in any low area all in accordance with WDNR technical standards.</span></li>
<li>Erosion control for utility construction (Storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, ETC.): A. Place excavated trench material on the high side of the trench. B. Backfill, compact, and stabilize the trench immediately after pipe construction. <span style="color: blue;">C. Discharge trench water into a sedimentation basin or filtering tank in accordance with the <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/stormwater/documents/Dewatering_1061.pdf">dewatering technical standard No. 1061</a> prior to release into the storm sewer, receiving stream, or drainage ditch.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Install type D inlet protection around all storm sewer inlets and catch basins that may receive runoff from areas under construction. Refer to WISDOT FDM for respective details.</span></li>
<li>Apply anionic polymer to disturbed areas if erosion becomes problematic.</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Dust shall be controlled on the site per WDNR storm water management <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/stormwater/documents/DustControl_1068.pdf">Technical Standard 1068</a> if necessary.</span></li>
<li>Additional erosion control measures as requested by state inspectors, local inspectors, and/or engineer shall be installed within 24 hours of request.</li>
<li>All slopes exceeding 4:1 (25%) shall be stabilized with Class I, Type B erosion matting and drainage swales shall be stabilized with a Class II, Type B erosion matting, or application of a WDOT approved polymer soil stabilization treatment or a combination thereof, as required. Contractor shall provide product specifications to project engineer for approval. </li>
<li>Contractor/owner shall file a notice of termination upon vegetative stabilization and/or property sale in accordance with WDNR and WDCOMM requirements.</li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Dewatering, if applicable, shall be conducted per WDNR storm water management <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/stormwater/documents/Dewatering_1061.pdf">technical standard 1061.</a></span></li>
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<b>"Grading and Seeding Notes"</b><br />
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1. All disturbed areas shall be seeded and mulched immediately following grading activities. Seed mix to be in accordance with landscape plan.<br />
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<b>Details shown on the engineering drawing</b> (in my words)<br />
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<li><span style="color: blue;">The silt fence completely surrounds the site, except at the NE corner, from Park St. to the construction entrance on Midland St.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Three construction entrances are shown: One on Park St. (not used, to our knowledge), one on Midland St., and one on Fish Hatchery Rd. All refer to the standard specs for size and maintenance (item 6). </span></li>
<li>The N tip of the triangle, at the junction of Fish Hatchery and Park, is to be left undisturbed.</li>
<li>Nowhere on the plan did I see any statement that it was permissible to replace sediment fence with silt socks. </li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">"<span style="font-family: inherit;">Long term exposure to air pollution is linked to heart attacks and strokes because it speeds up hardening of the arteries, known as atherosclerosis," according to new research by University of Michigan scientists. <a href="http://ens-newswire.com/2013/04/30/air-pollution-linked-to-hardening-of-the-arteries/" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">source</a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6em;">"The vessels of people exposed to higher levels... of fine particulate air pollution thickened faster than others living in the same metropolitan area."</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6em;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6em;">“Linking these findings with other results from the same population suggests that persons living in a more polluted part of town may have a two percent higher risk of stroke as compared to people in a less polluted part of the same metropolitan area."</span></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6em;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRFxf_DEapi_JNYqjVJ-10af48UUK5tmStA_35M3sMtomBjC2CR_c-Edx7DtWppi3pOFH8hZk2QWZI09onhrrn8EnMoNB26NLkzPMt5_ARyi-fBg5fStfywl1d90JrbM3hbUsw0kWRRw/s1600/5807406124_335daa08a5_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cc6633; display: inline !important; line-height: 18.90625px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRFxf_DEapi_JNYqjVJ-10af48UUK5tmStA_35M3sMtomBjC2CR_c-Edx7DtWppi3pOFH8hZk2QWZI09onhrrn8EnMoNB26NLkzPMt5_ARyi-fBg5fStfywl1d90JrbM3hbUsw0kWRRw/s400/5807406124_335daa08a5_b.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="400" /></a></span><br />
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Madison--24th most polluted</b><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">And Madison has been ranked by the American Lung Association as the 24th most polluted city, for short-term particulate pollution--essentially dust and smoke. This is the same kind of pollution--known as PM 2.5--that was studied by the Michigan doctors.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">The many construction sites around town are major contributors to dust in our air. The particles are blown directly off construction sites on windy days. High winds during spring shouldn't surprise construction managers.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">University Crossing construction site</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">Much of the dust also comes from mud tracked onto streets by tires of trucks. The mud is spread for miles over the streets--then it's </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/4643117183" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6633; line-height: 18.90625px;" target="_blank">lofted into the air</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"> by passing vehicles.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mud tracked out of Ghidorzi site, Dec. 19, 2012.</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">The mud also washes to the lakes when it rains, causing algae blooms. Studies show construction sites contribute 19% of the phosphorus to Madison's lakes.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">L. Mendota after storm, about 1968, UW Engineering photo</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hdUpYC7lWQD2f4mp5ynGztHS0A37LkfueAGYEkj30R5HStxJVWndprP_55QqJqcu4ez7sU-Jq-FCcPotCTxuXfXUM7Y2IpiCCfRnWPxM48XFYvaTHi2e4MncQbxD-1absF4mi6loj-U/s1600/DSC04768+Lake+Mendota+dust+fallout+MD%252B20Sat+lores.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #cc6633; float: right; line-height: 18.90625px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hdUpYC7lWQD2f4mp5ynGztHS0A37LkfueAGYEkj30R5HStxJVWndprP_55QqJqcu4ez7sU-Jq-FCcPotCTxuXfXUM7Y2IpiCCfRnWPxM48XFYvaTHi2e4MncQbxD-1absF4mi6loj-U/s320/DSC04768+Lake+Mendota+dust+fallout+MD%252B20Sat+lores.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="213" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">In winter, you can see the fallout of dust onto the ice of Lake Mendota.</span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.90625px;">This layer of dust accumulated within a few weeks, soon after the ice formed.</i></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>A case study</b></span></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">One recent example is the construction site at the corner of South Park Street and Fish Hatchery Rd, managed by Ghidorzi Companies. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">On April 26, dust from Ghidorzi was so thick that it obscured traffic at the busy intersection, according to resident Steve Vanko.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Throughout the demolition and construction which began last fall, the site has contained large piles of soil and debris, some piles as tall as two stories. Last summer, Styrofoam insulation <a href="http://www.saveourstream.blogspot.com/2012/12/pollution-of-monona-bay-by-ghidorzi.html" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">blew all over the neighborhood</a> and into Monona Bay, where it can still be found.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The piles have not been protected by tarps, and were screened by only one short fence, often tattered. Dust </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">suppression</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> with water may have occurred briefly, but was not continued. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Re-vegetation</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> of the large bare area has been repeatedly postponed. </span></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b>A hazard for nearby hospitals</b></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">On April 26, the dust was blowing towards St. Mary's and Meriter hospitals, located nearby. Weather records show strong winds often blow from the site towards the two hospitals. <a href="http://youtu.be/P0znKaZbPxg" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">Video</a> of dust blowing towards hospitals.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Patients weakened by illness are more susceptible to harmful effects of air </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">pollution</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> The American Lung Association estimates that tens of thousands of people in Madison are especially sensitive to air pollution.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">It's ironic that the building under construction will house...</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Wingra Family Medical Center (Access Community Health Center), and</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three UW Health clinics.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Meningitis outbreak <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/health/sterility-found-lacking-at-drug-site-in-meningitis-outbreak.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">kills 23</a></b><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">A national outbreak of this brain infection was traced to contaminated injections, manufactured by a pharmacy in Framingham, Massachusetts. The infection was caused by a fungus... but how did the fungus get into the injections?</span></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">"</span><span style="line-height: 22px;">At least one of the vials confiscated by inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration had so much 'foreign matter' floating in it that it could be seen with the naked eye." <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/health/tracing-crucial-components-of-meningitis-outbreak.html" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">Source</a></span></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The filters outside the clean rooms at the pharmacy were clogged with dirt. And located on the same property as the pharmacy was a recycling facility, where what looks like furniture and construction materials were broken up with heavy equipment. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/health/sterility-found-lacking-at-drug-site-in-meningitis-outbreak.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: #cc6633;" target="_blank">Source</a> </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Investigators were looking into the contributing role played by environmental conditions, caused by the recycling operation. But it was clear that sloppy procedures at the pharmacy were the chief cause.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">That recycling operation was similar to what happened when Ghidorzi demolished and recycled the Bancroft Dairy <i>(below)</i>, leaving the piles of debris to blow about, close to two hospitals and many homes.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWLrQyDq3mV4IrDt0ccErDW8TUd3TiMqpXmODcg-2Saw5jNaB7JZ5RYDVz4SW4hVWdlB4C-Kx_7U4EqiBVvcU3113sQ2HBbLI2Viw80SE180lFQdAhOoiONbuh8bO8PS4GIlnVOCKczk/s1600/Ghidorzi+Concrete+Recycling+IMG_2129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cc6633; display: inline !important; line-height: 18.90625px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWLrQyDq3mV4IrDt0ccErDW8TUd3TiMqpXmODcg-2Saw5jNaB7JZ5RYDVz4SW4hVWdlB4C-Kx_7U4EqiBVvcU3113sQ2HBbLI2Viw80SE180lFQdAhOoiONbuh8bO8PS4GIlnVOCKczk/s400/Ghidorzi+Concrete+Recycling+IMG_2129.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="400" /></a><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">One resident near Ghidorzi complained that their air conditioner had burned out, due to dust from construction. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Let's hope the hospitals have inspected their air conditioning filters, to make sure they aren't clogged with dirt from the Ghidorzi site. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Lessons from the meningitis outbreak...</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Environmental conditions, leading to excessive dust, can play a role in disease outbreaks. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">And </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/health/sterility-found-lacking-at-drug-site-in-meningitis-outbreak.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: #cc6633; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">incomplete inspections</a>--as at the pharmacy--<span style="line-height: 18px;">can also play a role. Most of the erosion control inspections at the Madison site are done by Ghidorzi staff, or their subcontractors.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">Development in Madison builds our city. Construction provides jobs. But with proper management and inspection, construction doesn't have to be dirty, or harm our health.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.90625px;">Inspection procedures for erosion control need to be improved. Madison relies on self-inspection by contractors. When they inspect themselves, they always get A+.</span></span><br />
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<i>Giant, unprotected soil pile at Ghidorzi site, 11/12/12</i></div>
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<i>Brown air over Madison--ranks 24th most polluted city for dust</i></div>
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<i>Windblown dust over L. Mendota obscures the horizon.</i></div>
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Steve Vanko and I believe these muddy plumes were caused by construction of the Wingra Clinic by the Ghidorzi Companies. This construction site is only 1-3 blocks directly upstream on the stormsewer system. In all cases, we have photographs of the construction site proving deficiencies in erosion control, and showing muddy water exiting the construction site.<br />
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<b>#1. July 18, 2012. 1.43 inches</b><br />
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There were two big storms, one during early morning, and the other in late afternoon. A large amount of plastic insulation was flushed to the bay.<br />
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<i>This photo from the morning, shows the 10-15% that remained, after a city Vactor truck tried to suck up the debris.</i></div>
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<i>At about 8:19 pm, the blue storm pipe across the street from Steve's house was dumping mud into the bay. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157631993694883/">More photos.</a></i></div>
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<b>#2. October 14, 2012, 1.74 inches</b> (and .86 inches the preceding day).<br />
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Steve called the City, then began taking photos of the muddy plume spreading south and east along the bay. Next, Steve went to the construction site and saw a lot of muddy water escaping from under the silt socks, and running down the gutter on Park Street. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157631995150499/">More photos</a>.<br />
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<b>#3. October 16, 2012. Pumping water from construction site.</b><br />
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In the mid afternoon, Steve saw muddy plume in the bay, despite sunny weather. So Steve called the City--a Vactor truck and a pickup truck responded.<br />
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<i>Photo shows the muddy plume spreading north along the shore. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157631995517513/">More photos.</a></i><br />
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<b>#4. October 17, 2012--a storm from mid-afternoon to evening of .62 inches.</b><b></b></div>
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<b>#5. October 22, 2012, .51 inches, starting early afternoon</b><br />
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Despite a meeting on Oct. 18, between Steve V, neighbor Tom Ulrich, City Officials, and the Ghidorzi contruction manager Art Rassias, the outcome today--a muddy plume--was the same as on the 17th. Even though Steve called Greg Fries at 2:40 pm today, the muddy plume was still coming into the bay at 5:00 pm. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157631999296939/">More photos.</a><br />
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<b>November 11, 2012, with rainfall of .73 inches.</b><br />
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This was the first time that the discharge in front of Steve's house wasn't highly muddy. It was cloudy (turbid), but not bright brown, as before. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157632099561825/">More</a>.<br />
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A number of improvements back at the construction site have greatly reduced the problem--although sediment in the gutters there shows it's not entirely fixed.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It has taken 115 days and <i>many complaints</i>--from the first massive escape of Styrofoam--to partially fix this problem of muddy plumes in the bay.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>There were many other problems from this site--dust, blowing debris, dirt on the streets, and in the gutter. Much of this debris will eventually reach the lakes, although it may take longer to get there, and not be as visible as the muddy plumes.<br />
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<b>#6. January 29, 2013. Rainfall all day of 1.84 inches.</b><br />
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The pollution continues, despite winter. Large piles of soil have been moved about the site.<br />
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I checked the site twice--once in early morning, and the other in the afternoon. On both occasions, muddy water was seen leaving the north end of the site, both onto Fish Hatchery Rd, and onto Park St, then running down the gutters and into the storm sewers.<br />
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At both times, muddy water was entering the Bay, creating a muddy plume. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157632647168092/">More photos</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-81095782854540244592013-01-31T14:04:00.000-06:002013-02-02T15:39:29.315-06:00Inaccurate reports by Findorff at the Edgewater reconstruction<span style="color: #fce5cd;">.</span><br />
Many inspections by a variety of companies, filed on the <a href="https://app.mypermitrack.com/sehsvc/ec_report?action=ecProjectMapView&client_id=Qdhtpd9IVZ4=e4I1M79iE7k=" target="_blank">PermiTrack</a> system run by the City of Madison for self-inspections, are late, missing, inaccurate, or poorly documented.<br />
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These errors are so widespread--as to undermine any confidence by citizens that the self-inspection system is working.<br />
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Here are a few examples. Individually they may be small, but together they fostered an attitude of neglect--that led to a sediment spill.<br />
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On January 29, there was hard rain, totaling 1.84 inches, with a maximum temperature of 54 F. While unusual, this storm had a precedent. Anyone planning for this site could see that on Dec. 30, 1884, it had rained 1.62 inches.<br />
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Erosion control at the Edgewater reconstruction failed, and sediment was spilled to Lake Mendota. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157632648671412/" target="_blank">Photos</a><br />
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At 3:00 pm on Jan 29, I inspected the site from the lakeshore. Pumping from a blue hose <i>(right) </i>had recently finished, indicated by heavy erosion on the slope below the hose, and large amounts of muddy water pooled below on the shore.<br />
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Discharge of pumping water without filtration is strictly forbidden. In addition, the <a href="https://app.mypermitrack.com/sehsvc/ec_report?action=ecInspectionList&client_id=rxWW47rVLZE%3DGRyvN%2Fw2l2o%3D&ecProjectId=GD2jinNs2Z4%3D82hSuWHbbqI%3D" target="_blank">erosion control plan</a> specified that the dewatering "discharge will flow over undisturbed areas to the lake." Both rules were ignored.<br />
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As soon as they saw us, three Findorff workers coiled up the hose and took it into the hotel.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Jan 29, the dumpster that should have been used for removing sediment from pumped water was sitting idle, minus any hoses, high above the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The photo</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><i style="background-color: white;">(right)</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> taken at 2:48 pm by Matt Stadelman, and posted on Jan 30 to the <a href="https://app.mypermitrack.com/sehsvc/ec_report?action=ecInspectionReport&client_id=TcpBD2o%2FtDA%3DREtTiRCsVvA%3D&ecProjectId=op%2FJsxOlH0A%3DMrLs5FB78M8%3D&ecInspectionId=PfkjLg8B3fc%3Dg702JOpmDoI%3D">PermiTrack inspection report</a>,<i> </i>is "misleading." It shows the sediment basin not hooked up to any hoses, and positioned where it would be not be useful. Yet inspector </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Stadelman </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">of Findorff certified that dewatering was "</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: blue;">Status Active, Condition Correct</span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; line-height: 16px;">Dewatering was obviously occurring, but the dumpster required to filter the water was not being used. So the report is "inaccurate."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span>Substantial amounts of muddy water had escaped beyond the fence into the lake. This proves the erosion control measures here are not working.<br />
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The self-inspection by Matt Stadelman on Jan. 30 doesn't mention any failure. So the inspection after a storm, intended to show where improvement is needed, didn't serve its intended purpose.<br />
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<b>Previous PermiTrack reports were late or misleading:</b><br />
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All the reports prior to 1/30 were <u><b>filed late</b></u> by Ryan Williams:<br />
<u>12/18</u>, 1 Day late; Today photos submitted to document compliance were actually taken* 4, 5 & 6 days before the "inspection."<br />
<u>12/28</u>, 18 D late;<br />
<u>1/4</u>, 6 D late;<br />
<u>1/11</u>, 17 D late;<br />
<u>1/25</u>, 3 D late.<br />
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There's a pattern of up to three late reports being filed on the same day. Were these late reports based on any notes, or just made up?<br />
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Tim Troester recommended that photos be submitted along with inspections. But so far, only 5 photos have been submitted (and three of those were for the wrong date).<br />
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<b>Problems with the initial inspection</b><br />
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Betsy Powers, PE – Senior Engineer, SCS BT Squared, was supposed to perform an inspection after the initial EC installation. Erosion controls werre installed on or before Dec. 16, yet Powers did not inspect until Dec. 21. So this steep site, right next to the lake, was not certified as protected until 5 days later. Then when she filed her report, it depended in part on photos supplied to PermiTrack by Findorff, which she thought had been taken on Dec 18, when in fact they were taken* on Dec 12, 13, & 14.<br />
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During her inspection, Powers missed a problem--that the silt fence did not extend as far NE along the shore as specified in the drawing. This left a portion of the steep, disturbed slope unprotected.<br />
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This photo <i>(right, 1/29/13) </i>shows the NE end of the silt fence. Here, the steep, disturbed bank was left unprotected.<br />
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I'd like to ask Ms. Powers... Did she actually walk the length of the shore, along the silt fence? Or did she "inspect" it from some distant vantage point? It's important, because this silt fence is the last line of defense--really the only defense--for the lake.<br />
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On Jan 19, I noticed a gap in the silt fence along the shore, below a place where the bypass stormwater pipe was leaking about a gallon a minute. This problem was not noted in the report by Ryan Williams on Jan 18, when he certified that the silt fence was "correct."<br />
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<b>Street not always swept</b><br />
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The EC plan specifies: "Contractor to continue cleaning sediment tracked onto public roads at the end of each working day." Ryan Williams always reported sweeping/cleaning "Condition Correct."<br />
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Three times after work, I found the pavement outside the entrance quite dirty: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/8433291301/in/photostream" target="_blank">Jan 10</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/8433415341/in/photostream" target="_blank">Jan 16</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/8400326746/in/set-72157632573606359/" target="_blank">Jan 19</a>.<br />
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On Jan 11, Williams found "Sweeping/Cleaning Condition: Correct," whereas the evening before <i>(Thursday, right)</i> I found it very dirty.<br />
On Jan 18, Williams reported: "Sweeping/Cleaning Condition: Correct," whereas on the next day (Saturday) I found it dirty.<br />
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Two projects on the shore of Lake Mendota--reconstruction of the theater, and construction of Alumni Park--have not been properly inspected for erosion control.<br />
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The University of Wisconsin is in violation of its erosion control permit for construction at the Memorial Union and Alumni Park on the waterfront. Gary Brown of the UW is the permittee, and Danielle Hunt of DNR supervises the permit.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">The biggest problem is the required silt curtain. The problems are so obvious--that I wonder if anyone has been inspecting the site.</span></b><br />
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<b>On November 28, I found four problems...</b><br />
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1. The required <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/stormwater/documents/Silt_Curtain_1070.pdf" target="_blank">silt curtain</a> is non-functional, apparently for some time. Inspecting closeup by boat, I saw...<br />
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2. The construction entrances are very dirty, and the street is not being swept. These surfaces drain directly to the lake. Especially, at the corner of Langdon and Park Street, a large paved surface within the construction zone, sloping outward, is very dirty yet has no protection to prevent escape of sediment. Substantial sediment has escaped, and is running N on Park Street from Langdon.<br />
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3. The north construction entrance on Park Street, and gravel ramp to the shore, is poorly protected. Runoff flowing north on Park St will flow into this entrance. At the bottom of the steep ramp by the lake, there is a wide gap in the silt sock <i>(right)</i>, and there are also gaps in other silt socks where they run over the base off the fence. There is only a single row of silt socks--two are needed.<br />
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4. This area--where concrete trucks are arriving--appears to have no protection--not even the metal pilings. What is there to prevent concrete washout from getting into the lake?<br />
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<b>Lessons from this project</b><br />
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<li>Reliance on a "silt curtain" is a mistake. The porous curtain--even if properly maintained--doesn't go all the way to the bottom. Once phosphorus escapes to the lake from this construction, the curtain won't stop it. And as you can see, the curtain has deteriorated so much that it has become a source of litter.</li>
<li>The Alumni Association <a href="http://www.uwalumni.com/alumnipark" target="_blank">touts the environmental benefits</a> of this project. Would alumni still donate to this project, if they knew the project was harming the lake?</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.cornerstoneeg.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/UW-Memorial-Union-Draft-ROD-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">environmental impact statement</a> said there would be no harmful impacts from this project--but poor execution is proving that study wrong.</li>
<li>The new tower for the Edgewater Hotel will be built on a steep slope next to the lake <i>(below).</i> Let's hope that project won't rely on a useless silt curtain and non-existent inspection.</li>
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He didn't know where to report the suspicious activity. Eventually he found the <a href="http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/" target="_blank">National Response Center</a>, "the sole national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological and etiological discharges into the environment, anywhere in the United States and its territories." It's run by the Coast Guard.<br />
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He made a call, and a local investigator was on-site within 40 minutes of the call. A search warrant was obtained, and the Texas Environmental Crimes Task Force had the plant under surveillance for two months. They were concerned because Cedar Creek emptied into the nearby Trinity River.<br />
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The plant was run by Columbia Packing Company. It was shut down after the investigation started. The company was cited in 2008 and 2009 for inhumane slaughter and treatment of animals. <a href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/01/20/dallas-plant-investigated-for-dumping-pig-blood-into-trinity-river/" target="_blank">Source</a>.<br />
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"This flight was undertaken completely within the law, below 400′ and visual line of sight. A simple point and shoot camera and $75<a href="http://www.mwcores.com/servlet/Detail?no=214" target="_blank"> airframe</a> are all that were needed."<br />
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<a href="http://www.suasnews.com/2012/01/11389/dallas-meat-packing-plant-investigated-after-drone-images-reveal-pollution/" target="_blank">Original story</a> by Gary Mortimer at <a href="http://www.suasnews.com/" target="_blank">sUAS News</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1241425&highlight=ap+exposure" target="_blank">More info</a> on the drone used. It carries a full-sized camera!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-23693152098722436942012-06-15T02:18:00.000-05:002012-06-15T02:18:47.020-05:00Contractors reported for dumping concrete slurry to gutter<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
Dumping of concrete slurry or washout to the gutter is illegal in Madison. It's highly alkaline, and may cause a fish kill, if it washes to a nearby waterway.<br />
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Enforcement is by the Madison-Dane County Board of Health, which responds immediately to complaints. They refer violations to the City Attorney--photos are enough to secure a conviction.<br />
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The Health Department recently sent letters to contractors, informing them of the rules. So City inspectors are likely to refer a contractor for prosecution, when he violates after receiving one of these letters.<br />
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Citizens are becoming aware that the dust resulting from dry slurry is a health hazard. And the white stains on the gutter or terrace make a mess. Liquid slurry in the gutter can be splashed onto pedestrians by passing vehicles, with the potential to cause burns.<br />
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<b>Contractors recently caught in the act...</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNbDtWe-l-ch59GstMtj3J717Ch-AE9WW-ZE29Jo1ZzCmGg-mcnjhbTdZnhAx8WhSmQOCDre40mgUm-1pbKwbuuY0PeYWur-NP3DEw81cEB5AvYPWlliONMI9RKc4lVpWD_X5idxva1Y/s1600/IMG_1860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNbDtWe-l-ch59GstMtj3J717Ch-AE9WW-ZE29Jo1ZzCmGg-mcnjhbTdZnhAx8WhSmQOCDre40mgUm-1pbKwbuuY0PeYWur-NP3DEw81cEB5AvYPWlliONMI9RKc4lVpWD_X5idxva1Y/s200/IMG_1860.JPG" width="200" /></a>On May 24th, Madison saw gusts of 50 mph, sending billowing clouds of dust from three construction sites we inspected.<br />
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March and April are usually said to be the windiest months here--the months with the highest average wind speed.<br />
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But it's actually June that's the month with the highest average peak gusts--of 50.7 mph.* Both June and July have the highest gusts on record--both of 83 mph.<br />
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From the point of view of dust nuisance from construction sites--and for health of workers--it's probably <u>gusts</u> that are more important than average speeds. <br />
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In fact, Findorff <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/construction-industry-in-madison-is-not.html" target="_blank">had a serious problem</a> with dust <strong>in June</strong> of 2011 at their site next to the Kohl Center in downtown Madison. As a partial solution, they installed a cover to a huge pile of excavated sand.<br />
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</div><div align="center"></div><strong>Remember, dust contains silica, which can cause serious, incurable lung disease. Dust is a hazard to both workers and the community.</strong><br />
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* =<em><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco/clim-history/stations/msn/madwind.html" target="_blank">mean annual maximum gust.</a></span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-67310062463158618742012-05-29T02:35:00.001-05:002012-05-31T02:24:57.289-05:00High winds in Madison produce clouds of dust over construction sites<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
EPA records indicate Madison ranks as the <strong><a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/contractors-one-cause-of-bad-air-in.html#more" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;">24</span><span style="color: #660000;">th worst city</span></a></strong> for short-term particulate pollution in the air. So it's important to understand where this dust comes from.<br />
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</div>On Thursday, May 24, the sky was clear, but winds gusted to 50 mph in the late afternoon.<br />
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Wunderground records for Middleton indicated maximum winds of 33 mph with maximum gusts of 50 mph. When I photographed the University Crossing site in late afternoon, winds were about 43 mph.<br />
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The workers at these sites are most at risk. Numerous photos of construction workers showed that none were wearing respirators. Tens of thousands of sensitive people--children, the elderly, and people with respiratory illness--are at risk from heavy dust.<br />
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Every day since 5/18/12 has been windy, with the exception of 5/22.<br />
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<strong>The factors responsible for our poor air quality</strong><br />
<ol><li>Fine loess deposits left over from glaciation. There are large deposits of fine sand on the University Crossing site, and along University Ave.</li>
<li>Agriculture--plowing and bare fields--upwind of Madison.</li>
<li>Construction sites in town with inadequate dust controls.</li>
<li>Much bare or disturbed land in and around Madison, including industrial yards and quarries.</li>
<li>Much pavement, including busy highways, where dirt is pulverized and kicked into the air by traffic. Construction sites contribute by tracking mud onto highways.</li>
<li>Wisconsin is not one of the windiest states.</li>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629946482638/" target="_blank">Photos</a> of Krupp Construction at University Crossing, construction on University Ave, and Miron Construction on campus, 5/24/12.<br />
Dust at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629946150876/" target="_blank">Findorff Construction site</a> on 5/24/12.Dust from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629804087596/" target="_blank">Weitz/HyVee</a> demolition at Westgate Mall on 5/19/12.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629535379584/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #225588;">Dust from concrete work</span></a> at a residence, 2012.</div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157627723062633/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #225588;">Dust from mortar mixing</span></a> at a Tri-North Builders construction site, 2011.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157626916189988/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #225588;">Dust from a Findorff Construction site</span></a> during June, 2011.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157627706624162/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #225588;">Dust from a MG&E lot</span></a> downtown, 2011.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Saturday, May 19, 2012, the south portion of Westgate Mall was being demolished on a windy day, sending much dust NE into residential areas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Since this was the first mall in Madison, built in 1960, some of the construction materials contain asbestos. The dangers of asbestos weren't widely recognized and regulated until the 1970s--<a href="http://www.lung.org/assets/documents/publications/solddc-chapters/occupational.pdf" target="_blank">asbestos use in the US peaked in 1973</a>.<br />
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"Asbestos remains a threat to construction workers. Massive exposures to asbestos occurred among construction workers installing it between 1940 and the mid-1970s and removing it since then. Asbestos is often in old fireproofing, roofing, vinyl flooring, pipe and boiler insulation and some roads and cement-sheet products. Exposure can lead to asbestosis (a disabling lung disease), lung cancer and mesothelioma, a usually fatal cancer of the chest or abdominal cavity lining. Asbestos-related cancers usually do not appear until 20 to 30 years after exposure." <a href="http://www.elcosh.org/en/document/467/d000459/curing-construction-health-woes.html" target="_blank">Source</a><br />
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</div>A fence has been erected around the site to reduce the winds somewhat, and catch some of the insulation blowing out of the site. There was a water spray on Friday. But on Saturday during the work shown above, I saw no water spray to suppress the dust.<br />
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According to rankings by the American Lung Association based on EPA data, Madison has the <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/contractors-one-cause-of-bad-air-in.html#more" target="_blank">24th most polluted air</a> of any city in the US (for short-term particulate pollution).<br />
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The winds today weren't particularly strong--maximum of 20 mph, and a maximum gust of 28 mph.* But a windy week followed, with maximum gusts of 50 mph by May 24.<br />
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</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629804087596/" target="_blank">More photos</a> of Weitz/HyVee at Westgate. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629946482638/" target="_blank">Photos of dust</a> at University Crossing site on 5/24 during heavy winds.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629946150876/" target="_blank">Photos of dust</a> at Findorff site on Dayton St. on 5/24/12.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157629535379584/" target="_blank">Dust from concrete work</a> at a residence.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157627723062633/" target="_blank">Dust from mortar mixing</a> at a Tri-North Builders construction site.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157626916189988/" target="_blank">Dust from a Findorff Construction site</a> during June, 2011.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157627706624162/" target="_blank">Dust from a MG&E lot</a> downtown, 2011.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's true that rain gardens are being installed in these new parking lots, which will reduce sediment and pollution runoff. Yet the lifecycle savings in pollution from these gardens must be balanced against the pollution that occurs during construction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Those gardens may last and provide sediment reduction for 30 years? Yet, a severe rainstorm during construction could cause as much sediment erosion and loss as 10-20 years of those hoped-for reductions. In other words, poor erosion control during construction could negate a large percentage of the benefits of a rain garden project. It's like throwing money down the stormsewer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Contractor Report has <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/contractors-one-cause-of-bad-air-in.html#more" target="_blank">observed many violations</a> of erosion control regulations by Findorff Construction.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-80939235968703698222012-04-25T15:51:00.000-05:002012-04-25T15:51:42.769-05:00Concrete dust is toxic!<span style="color: #fff2cc;">.</span><br />
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On April 25, 2012, personnel from <strong><span style="color: #660000;">ALL-TIM-IT Landscaping</span></strong>, Waunakee, WI, were working without dust protection on S. Owen Dr in Madison, WI.<br />
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Concrete dust is highly alkaline and corrosive. It can also cause <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis">silicosis</a> of the lungs.<br />
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Two small children were present at this house during the work. One was outside. The family had not been warned about the danger from dust.<br />
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One solution to the dust is to use a saw that is water-cooled. This converts the dust to a slurry. However, many contractors do not dispose of the slurry properly. It is illegal to discard it into the gutter or storm sewer.<br />
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<strong>Just one example of a widespread problem</strong><br />
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The concrete industry is not sustainable, and is headed for trouble. We have reported <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2010/11/pollution-from-concrete-wash-water.html">elsewhere</a> in this blog about widespread abuse in the disposal of concrete slurry and washout.<br />
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The public is frequently exposed to dust from slurry in streets, or the <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/04/landgraf-continues-to-threaten-lake.html">mixing of concrete</a> products.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-27995392388180880192011-12-06T17:03:00.000-06:002011-12-06T17:03:10.433-06:00Wingra springs threatened by heavy pumping<span style="color: white;">.</span><br />
Over the years, a number of springs on the shores of Lake Wingra have gone dry. Vigorous springflow is important, because it helps to keep Lake Wingra clean. Improved spring flow is part of the <a href="http://lakewingra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:lake-wingra-a-vision-for-the-future&catid=3:projects&Itemid=4"><span style="color: #bb3300;">restoration plan</span></a> for the lake.<br />
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The <a href="http://saveourstream.blogspot.com/p/odana-controversy.html"><span style="color: #bb3300;">Odana Infiltration Project</span></a>, costing over $2 million, was supposed to restore groundwater in the area by pumping stormwater into the ground. But now that project is in limbo, since it was found that the groundwater was being contaminated--over legal limits--from the salty runoff they were pumping.<br />
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Still, a number of springs in the area continue to flow--to the delight of residents in the area.<br />
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Now, heavy pumping of groundwater is occurring at two construction sites in the area:<br />
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<strong>Parman Place</strong> at Monroe & Glenway St<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em>The contractor is </em><a href="http://www.landgrafconstruction.com/"><em>Landgraf Construction</em></a><em>.</em></div><div align="center"><em>The blue hose to the left is carrying the pumped groundwater.</em></div><br />
<a href="http://wingrasprings.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #bb3300;">Steve Glass</span></a> sent me the following report: <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">You may have heard the recent report that excavation at the Parman's Place project has opened up a large underground water vein or spring (estimated flow rate of >50 gallons per minute, but no one will really know until it is measured with a pygmy flow meter). </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">According to reports, "the contractor is de-watering the site (under their de-watering permit related to petroleum contamination of the site) and diverting the flow into the sanitary storm sewer."</span><br />
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Also, according to reports, "the contractor expects that continuous pumping will be required to keep the sub-grade de-watered." <br />
</span><span style="color: blue;">These reports and the possibility of continuous pumping raise numerous ecological and hydrological issues for the watershed, the lake itself, and the wetlands bordering it. </span><br />
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<div><span style="color: blue;">There are many unknowns. For example, scientists don't know with certainty the groundwater flow path, so the major question is how will this new spring opening impact existing ground water discharge rates and flow patterns? Increase them? Decrease them? No impact?</span></div><span style="color: blue;"></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Ken Bradbury of the Geological and Natural History Survey has suggested (according to one source) that Parman's construction might disrupt flow to existing springs and pointed to the nearby Council Spring complex just off Arbor Drive in the Arboretum as a possible candidate for disrupted flow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We have a record of recent flow rates (gallons per minute) for the past few years for the Council Springs complex and will be able to make some comparison of before and after flow rates.</span> <br />
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<div>"Continuous pumping" over many years--sounds like a big waste of energy. Could the groundwater be used for heating and cooling.... or for a beautiful fountain?</div><br />
<div><strong>Next to Wingra Park behind Jac's restaurant</strong></div><br />
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</div><div>At this second construction site, there is a lot of groundwater flowing into this excavation, requiring a lot of pumping. As required by law, the flow is being filtered through a large bladder resting next to Arbor Dr. </div><br />
<div>Water from the bladder is seeping into the storm sewer--hence it's lost from the ground and from the springs.</div><br />
<div>Another problem is that a lot of sediment is escaping from the bladder, and getting into the gutter. It's only a short distance to the lake. Sediment is the main way that phosphorus gets into lakes, to stimulate noxious weed growth.</div><br />
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EhALqvxvQlKqG29BIz8Jn1D4v5F4snEmPwBf_XmC03iOsFoGKyJ3JZ1jF6x1HJd5M8cQWux7K3UaPGQ3H0EG_nDIt7cAQe03W8gI60QkEPa7PzXT6vQVs_F2jY0qXkmCWPpi3XJLwgk/s1600/Wingra+park+depression.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_9yil7t="5" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EhALqvxvQlKqG29BIz8Jn1D4v5F4snEmPwBf_XmC03iOsFoGKyJ3JZ1jF6x1HJd5M8cQWux7K3UaPGQ3H0EG_nDIt7cAQe03W8gI60QkEPa7PzXT6vQVs_F2jY0qXkmCWPpi3XJLwgk/s200/Wingra+park+depression.jpg" width="200" /></a>Both problems--loss of groundwater and sediment--could be solved if the bladder can be moved to a depression in Wingra Park just across Arbor Dr. In that location <em>(right)</em>, the water would return to the water table, and the sediment would be harmless.</div><br />
<div> This construction site is violating regulations by leaving the streets <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/05/madisons-air-has-high-levels-of.html"><span style="color: #bb3300;">very dusty</span></a> and unswept after each working day.</div><br />
<div>The pumping at both sites is within a 1200 foot distance from the spring--and may therefore be subject to regulation.</div><br />
<div> <strong>Teach-in at the springs</strong></div><br />
<div><a href="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/epd/faculty/liebl_david.html"><span style="color: #bb3300;">David Liebl</span></a> led a group to the Council Ring Springs to talk about the issues, according to a post on alder Sue Ellingson's facebook site.</div><br />
<div>Below: East and west branches of the Council Ring Spring.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com//photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157628229813215/show/"><span style="color: #bb3300;">More photos of Parman Place</span></a> construction.</div><a href="http://www.flickr.com//photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157628229833917/show/"><span style="color: #bb3300;">More photos of Wingra Park</span></a> construction.<br />
If you love the springs, <a href="http://lakewingra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=18"><span style="color: #bb3300;">make a donation</span></a> to <a href="http://lakewingra.org/"><span style="color: #bb3300;">Friends of Lake Wingra</span></a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-5404807341220883132011-10-12T12:08:00.000-05:002011-10-12T12:08:01.197-05:00"The environment" is one product of the construction industryThe construction industry is Madison's largest heavy industry.<br />
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When you put up a building, you are creating a nice place to live or work. You are also affecting the quality of where we live and work. Nineteen percent of the phosphorus in our lakes comes from Dane County's constructon industry.<br />
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This is what Steve Jobs said about a product... your product:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">"We've never worried about numbers. In the market place, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make a difference. [...] Ad campaigns are necessary for competition; IBM's ads are everywhere. But good PR educates people; that's all it is. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves." </span><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/22/steve-jobs-1985-interview_n_787023.html#s188334&title=On_How_Computers" target="_hplink"><span style="color: blue;">-- Playboy interview, 1985</span></a><br />
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<strong>How you treat the environment speaks volumes about the ethics of your business.</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8396445814671210890.post-15409886920704138502011-10-08T02:45:00.004-05:002011-10-08T06:08:31.653-05:00Nelson and Nelson Cement--illegal discharge of concrete waste<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfLPNg7QOK7dggiDSzm4CGI9L7OCgHe7BxobMkIpsIx_ausTrbc1AUklXR9kUNHYm_6gBeWQwksaviX6gDeLBdjhXafcRJpZLHc5ORB-UdM6qOPvbcblnlJ6LnzND7Ry4dhNJIEEMEVk/s1600/Nelson+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfLPNg7QOK7dggiDSzm4CGI9L7OCgHe7BxobMkIpsIx_ausTrbc1AUklXR9kUNHYm_6gBeWQwksaviX6gDeLBdjhXafcRJpZLHc5ORB-UdM6qOPvbcblnlJ6LnzND7Ry4dhNJIEEMEVk/s200/Nelson+1.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDt-Ql6U6ZvUeb44dHL1PsaSvMqDgYMpbi3v1byFWGjJLEU9DWfaFYHm_gFnGQ5nz2ggb0fofn37UCz2EoOyxCDO7flGb0kNOxXs2J7u7IZUKNk8Lb6yjQLeggoETZNPWfUlfLLphNIpA/s1600/Nelson+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDt-Ql6U6ZvUeb44dHL1PsaSvMqDgYMpbi3v1byFWGjJLEU9DWfaFYHm_gFnGQ5nz2ggb0fofn37UCz2EoOyxCDO7flGb0kNOxXs2J7u7IZUKNk8Lb6yjQLeggoETZNPWfUlfLLphNIpA/s200/Nelson+2.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Left: Slurry escaping down gutter. Right: The "person responsible."</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>With two releases on two days, Nelson & Nelson is liable for...</em><br />
<em><span style="color: #990000;">fines of up to $4,000.</span></em></div><br />
The contractor was politely notified that discharge was illegal after the first gutter spill. When I appeared with camera during the second spill, they rushed to place dams, while denying it was illegal.<br />
<div align="left"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35544042@N06/sets/72157627839563386/">More photos</a>.</div><br />
Discharge of concrete slurry--from washing chutes or cutting concrete--happens <a href="http://contractorreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/findorff-dumps-concrete-wastewater-into.html">all over Madison</a>. But...<br />
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<strong><u>It's illegal</u> </strong>The details...<br />
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City Engineer Greg Fries said: "For both City and private projects the Health Department considers the discharge of concrete wash water to the curb to be an illicit discharge and they regulate it under MGO 7.46 which is <a href="http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=50000&stateId=49&stateName=Wisconsin">available on our web site</a>."*<br />
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<div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>"It shall be unlawful for any person to release, discharge, or permit the escape of any potential polluting substance... into any lake or stream in or under the jurisdiction of the City of Madison, <span style="color: blue;"><u>or into any street, sewer</u></span>, ditch or drainageway leading into any lake or stream, <span style="color: blue;"><u>or to permit the same to be so discharged to the ground surface</u></span>."</em></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Any person causing a spill must immediately clean it up.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If it cannot be immediately cleaned up, the person responsible must report it to 911.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The person responsible may be held liable for costs of cleanup. This includes both the contractor <span style="color: black;"><u>and the homeowner</u></span> who hired the contractor.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fines range up to $2000. Each day of violation is a separate offense.</span></li>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Is concrete waste a "polluting substance"?</strong></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div></div></span><div>Portland cement is considered a <a href="http://www.nevadacement.com/MSDS.for.pdf">h<span style="font-family: inherit;">azardous substance</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">" by many agencies and laws. Hazards include:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">alkaline chemicals such as lime--corrosive to tissue</span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">trace amounts of crystalline silica--abrasive to skin and can damage lungs</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">trace amounts of chromium--can cause allergic reactions.</span></li>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></ul><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both silica and chromium can cause cancer. Probably the main danger to neighbors is from the dust. When the slurry dries in the gutter, the wind can blow it about. It can cause eye and lung irritation, and some people are quite allergic to chromium.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm?action=browse&Rbutton=detail&bmp=117&minmeasure=4">Fact sheet on concrete washout.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/hexavalent_chromium.pdf">Fact sheet</a> on dangers of hexavalent chromium, found in concrete dust.<br />
<a href="http://www.branz.co.nz/cms_show_download.php?id=e9d5262f7c22fadd74130a4696a2aee84f3ec1d5">Fact sheet</a> for how concrete slurry should be handled.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5