Pipeline Goes Underground in Heritage Park

The pipes that will be buried into the flood plain are still above ground. Note the almost 90° angle from the straight down direction from the drill site towards Beaver Creek. This shows that the originally staked track will be simplified by going diagonal through part of the disc golf lawn and then cut straight through to the already laid straight track on the farm sites above the floodplain.

The five metal pipes buried 4 ft crossing the field road to the disc golf area.  Please note the still high level of ground water under the pipes.

The connection to the flood plain pipes still needs to be made.

 Ground water level is still very high. The pipes would sit in water if lowered into the trench.

 Closeup to where the pipes cross the disc golf service road. You can clearly see the 5 metal pipes and a sixth plastic pipe (what for?)

 Strange attachments on pipes waiting to be buried. Are these floating devices - but what about the wires?

Asphalt gravel is distributed and is spread out over the road crossing using a caterpillar.

On the North side of the service road towards the Heritage drilling site, the pipes leave the 4 ft. trench and have to be carefully lifted into trench  step by step.

On the way back from our walk (40 minutes later), 5 metal pipes are inside of the trench facing the floodplain. A sixth metal pipe is still outside. In some areas the pipes look very zig-zaggy - not very trustworthy...

But still have to be laid underground one-by-one for another 50 yards towards the Heritage Park drilling site.

At the same pace the excavator progresses some 100 yards ahead towards the drill site.