Case Study

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

Project Profiles Layfield - Toronto, Ontario LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario DATE OF INSTALLATION: 2013 SCOPE OF WORK: Dredging of sediment in a large pond using Geotube hydraulic dredging. PROJECT OWNER: City of Vaughan , CLEANOUT PARTY: Layfield Canada Ltd. Geotube®Dredging Background Information and Challenges In Ontario, municipalities typically require landowners to remove sediment accumulated in stormwater management ponds before they will assume them. The dredging of Pond 4 was undertaken by the Block 11 Landowners Group in 2013 in order to render the pond suitable for assumption by the City of Vaughan. Based on the completion of a bathymetric survey, it was determined that a total of 1230 m3 of sediment had accumulated in the pond. Over and above the primary objective of removing thi

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