• Barron Lake was shrinking due to water evaporation. An Engineering Report for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Legal Lake Level recommended the legal level 757.00 feet and methods of achieving and maintaining that level.
• A pump system raiser the lake level 3 ft 4 in. to the legal level with 1,050 gallons of water per minute from the 226-foot-deep well.
• Without and outlet, the lake was brought up to 756.50 feet, leaving a six-inch free board for periods of high stormwater runoff. When the legal level is reached, the pump will be turned off while lake level monitoring continues.
• To protect against flooding, a gravity system was installed.

Services Provided:
Feasibility Study - Surveying - Engineering - Planning - Construction Engineering - Permitting

• The existing 12” irrigation well located on the east side of Big Crooked Lake was used to add water to both lakes.  This augmentation well raised and maintains the lake levels at 765.5 feet. 
• An 8” forcemain was constructed from the well to connect to an 18” gravity outlet pipe located on east side of Big Crooked Lake. The gravity pipe pumps water approximately 112,752,000 to 150,336,000 gallons of water annually during the summer months.
• The concrete end section is protected with a heavy riprap over geotextile fabric and North American Green C350 permanent turf reinforcement mat.

Services Provided:
Feasibility Study - Surveying - Engineering - Planning - Construction Engineering - Permitting

Wellhead Protection and Well Abandonment Programs

WAI and affiliate, Wightman Environmental have been responsible for obtaining grant funding and completing numerous wellhead projects. We have been involved in all aspects of the wellhead protection grant program through the Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division of the MDEQ for municipalities throughout Michigan including: Watervliet, Buchanan, Gobles, Hartford, Edwardsburg, Three Oaks, Lawton, Marcellus and Cassopolis.