Officials at SIU-Carbondale say the project to remove sediment at Campus Lake is progressing.
Xylem, the company hired to reduce the water level of the lake, will be on site Thursday at 8:00 am. In preparation, the Physical Plant will notch a section of the dam and install a box to hold the syphon piping in place during the dewatering of the lake.
This work will require the pedestrian path running across the dam to be closed beginning Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 7:00 am and will reopen on Friday, Sept. 2 at 3:00 pm. The path will be repaired to so it can be used during the sediment removal project.
Signs will be posted on the pedestrian path just east of the boardwalk and on the east end of the path behind the Engineering Building by the spillway.
The water level is being reduced due to the presence of toxic algae in Campus Lake.
