Hamilton Pool Is Almost Clean Again “Lee Malone is a commercial diver with years of experience in coastal waters. These days, though, he works in virtual darkness, surrounded by thickly silted water in one of central Texas’ most beloved swimming holes. Malone wears a heavy metal mask connected to a machine that delivers fresh air as he manhandles a cumbersome six-inch hose. On the other end of the hose is more machinery, essentially gigantic vacuum cleaners that suck the silt, along with leaves and sticks, from the water and into massive tanks equipped with state-of-the-art filters. All this was made necessary by a construction project that went badly wrong back in April of 2007. Coldwater Development, Ltd., the developer, was preparing land for a big neighborhood of luxury homes. The excavation contractor, Rodman LLC, was doing the site work for a road designed to run through the neighborhood. According to the results of an investigation by Travis County , systems erected to hold back storm water runoff from the site were inadequate. When heavy rains saturated the area, those systems failed, allowing tons of dirt and debris to wash first into Hamilton Creek, and then downstream into Hamilton Pool . The pool was severely damaged.”  Read the rest of the article HERE. Story by Jim Swift for KXAN News Photo by Unknown

Hamilton Pool Is Almost Clean Again

“Lee Malone is a commercial diver with years of experience in coastal waters. These days, though, he works in virtual darkness, surrounded by thickly silted water in one of central Texas’ most beloved swimming holes.

Malone wears a heavy metal mask connected to a machine that delivers fresh air as he manhandles a cumbersome six-inch hose. On the other end of the hose is more machinery, essentially gigantic vacuum cleaners that suck the silt, along with leaves and sticks, from the water and into massive tanks equipped with state-of-the-art filters.

All this was made necessary by a construction project that went badly wrong back in April of 2007.

Coldwater Development, Ltd., the developer, was preparing land for a big neighborhood of luxury homes. The excavation contractor, Rodman LLC, was doing the site work for a road designed to run through the neighborhood. According to the results of an investigation by Travis County , systems erected to hold back storm water runoff from the site were inadequate. When heavy rains saturated the area, those systems failed, allowing tons of dirt and debris to wash first into Hamilton Creek, and then downstream into Hamilton Pool .

The pool was severely damaged.” 

Read the rest of the article HERE.


Story by Jim Swift for KXAN News

Photo by Unknown

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