Worcester Country Club

The 267 acre golf course property contains many streams, brooks and ponds which serve not only as a water source for the course irrigation system, but also as unintended sediment traps for the urbanized watershed that drains to them. GEI was retained to provide topographic survey, design, permitting and construction administration services for maintenance and new construction associated with these water resources. The project included the following:

• Design replacement large box culvert and pond outlet structure control structures for two ponds which are the primary source of water for irrigation.

• Design new water intake system for new irrigation pumphouse.

• Design new cart bridge over stream.

• Design pond dredging plans with bypass pumping of streams and dewatering basins for removed sediment.

• Coordinated wetlands and wildlife habitat studies and pond sediment analyses with sub-consultant.

• Extensive permitting of the project through Worcester Conservation Commission (Notice of Intent), Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), DEP (NOI and 401 Water Quality Certification), Army Corp. of Engineers (Section 404 Permit), Mass. Division of Fish and Wildlife, and Massachusetts Historical Commission.