As a bonus, it appears the screen solved a
secondary concern for the City: excessive sediment
deposits in the pipeline, Randall said. The City had
expected it eventually would have to tackle this
problem once the screening project was completed.
“But it appears the sediment is getting caught in the
organic material and getting filtered out,” Randall
said, eliminating the need for a $1.5 million detention
pond project.
Randall said the City has been extremely pleased
with the project result. “We’ve been working with
Ayres Associates for a long time. When people do
good work, we keep working with them. We’re
extremely pleased with the service we’ve received
from Ayres Associates, the quality of work, and the
attention to detail. We have a product that everyone
is proud of.”
Pine beetles
plague
the Rockies
ountain pine beetles have infected more than 2 million acres
of forest in the Rocky Mountains since 1996, according to
the U.S. Forest Service. The beetles attack pine trees by laying
eggs under the bark, and the hatched larvae beneath the bark cut
off the trees’ supply of nutrients. Now at an epidemic level, the
pine beetle infestation has brought many watershed problems to
the region, including an increase in forest debris, making the City
of Fort Collins’ Pleasant Valley Pipeline screening system essential
as the problem is expected to intensify.
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For more information on the pine beetle infestation, go to
http://www.csfs.colostate.edu/pages/mountain-pine-beetle.html