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Those plans then state the sedimentation will be removed from the pond and eventually moved to the park’s maintenance facility.

The plans described by SLR to improve the pond’s conditions, include draining it with temporary sump pumps, gravity-fed piping and cofferdams. The sedimentation has also blocked the line to the pond’s gravity-fed water fountain.Ĭhris Bourdon, the city’s director of Parks and Recreation, said one of the goals for the project is to restore that fountain to working order, by clearing the line that feeds it and adding traps to collect sediment. In some areas, the pond’s water depth is less than one foot deep. Instead, that depth has decreased to less than three feet, due to sedimentation. Those watercourses include Crow Hollow Brook, which flows from Mirror Lake, and another unnamed watercourse, which SLR stated originates from Merimere Reservoir.Īccording to officials, the pond should have a water depth of around four to five feet. The waters of the man-made pond, which is located near Hubbard’s Park entrance on West Main Street, are fed by two watercourses, according to SLF International Corporation, the Cheshire-based firm contracted by the city to advise the provided services related to the dredging project. That dredging will allow officials to restore the pond’s previous aquatic habitat, which was impacted by ongoing sediment erosion that over time has decreased the pond’s water depth and led to algae growth. MERIDEN - The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission has approved city parks officials’ plans to dredge the lower pond at Hubbard Park.