Fox River Cleanup Project Photos

   

The Fox River Cleanup Project features eight of the world's largest membrane filter presses


Filter cake drops from Press #8 at the end of the processing cycle

   

   

Signs mark the dredges to keep recreational boaters clear of the work areas


Filter case is stored inside the starage building prior to being trucked to the landfill

   

   

Sand is stored for potential beneficial reuse outside the Processing Facility


Sand is managed on the pad behind the Processing Facility for potential beneficial reuse

   

   

J.F. Brennan workers discuss signage and safe passage with a boater


Material is removed from the dredged sediment as the first step in sediment processing

   

   

The Dredge Mark Anthony works in the area near the Processing Facility at the start of the 2010 dredging season


Turbidity buoys monitor the dredges as they work in the Lower Fox River

   

   

The processed sediment is sampled in the processing facility's storage area


Front end loaders fill the trucks before heading to the landfill in Calumet County

   

   

A J.F. Brennan diver prepares to inspect the diffuser pipeline outside the processing facility


The material spreader placing gravel as part of the capping operations near Little Rapids in 2009

   

   

On board the dredge Mark Anthony 


Sampling is conducted after an area is dredged to determine if Remedial Action Levels have been met

   

   

The dredge Ashtabula at work on the Fox River in 2009


Trucks are loaded on scales and washed before leaving the processing facility

   

   

Booster pumps have been placed at one mile intervals to help move the sediment to the processing facility


Dredging started on April 28, 2009

   

   

In some areas of the river, larger debris must be removed before dredging is done


A view of the Green Bay Processing Facility from on the river 

   

   

The Processing Facility at 1611 State St., Green Bay





Click here for photos of the construction of the Green Bay Processing Facility.


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