Michels Construction wins Tuttle Creek Lake dredging contract

Michels Construction of Brownsville, Wisconsin, has won a $7.8 million USACE contract for a pilot project to demonstrate and evaluate the use of water injection dredging at Tuttle Creek Lake in Manhattan, Kansas.

Tuttle Creek Lake is the largest reservoir in the Kansas River Basin. Over 40% of the population of Kansas, including the urban areas of Topeka, Kansas City, Manhattan and Lawrence depend on the flood control and water supply benefits of Tuttle Creek Lake and many more utilize the recreational and environmental benefits.

The Tuttle Creek Reservoir Water Injection Dredging Demonstration Project is investigating whether the WID technology is a potential method for moving sediment out of the reservoir to restore storage capacity.

The WID will operate within 10 miles from the dam. Most dredging will occur in the primary dredging area, within 4 miles from the dam. In this area both the submerged floodplain and submerged channel will be dredged.

The secondary dredging area consists only in the submerged channel from 4 to 10 miles from the dam.

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