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Thinkpad It was all a dramatization, of course, in the name of engrossing entertainment. But some locals might joke that Martian carcasses still linger in what has remained the focal point of the neighborhood - the 37-acre pond, which some describe as being more like a quagmire.
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Microsoft In the summer, it gives the illusion of a shallow marshland, perhaps inviting a walk in the muck. But on closer examination, it is really a body of water about 4 to 6 feet deep, filled with floating, often rotten and smelly, weeds and vegetation.
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Laptop Computer Those settlers built a 400-foot-long earthen dam - which is now the foundation to the last stretch of Clarksville Road - to trap Big Bear Brook for their grinding mill.
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Desktop Computer Some 250 years later, silt and sediment that have continually spilled into the pond from nearby farms have created an over-vegetated ecosystem.
Notebooks And the dam itself is a "high hazard" to residents, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), with hundreds of trees growing from its earthen foundation and destabilizing the road it supports.
Lenovo "Both the pond and dam need to be taken care of," said Dick Snedeker, a retired engineer who has lived in Grovers Mill for 45 years.
Hard Drive Snedeker and others have pushed for pond and dam improvements since the 1960s.
Travelstar "There are thousands of these earthen dams and man-made ponds throughout the country that need improvements," Snedeker said.
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Laptop Parts Those improvements are on the way. Starting Aug. 1, the pond will be drained and the dam and pond bed will be fixed.
Software In two separate, but concurrent projects, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will improve the habitat of the pond and a contractor hired by West Windsor will rebuild the old dam.
Hard Drives The Army Corps will improve the environment within the pond at a cost of about $1 million, said project manager Terry Fowler.
Electronics "The pond is shallow and stagnant," Fowler said. "We want to improve the habitat and make the pond deeper. We're looking to do an ecosystem rehabilitation and provide opportunities for oxygen mixing."
Canon That project is expected to take a couple of months and may include dredging the bottom to make the pond deeper, she said.
Desktop Pc Reconstruction of the dam also will begin in August and take about two months to complete, said Township Engineer Jim Parveese. He said the project will cost about $670,000.
Desktop Computers The dam is one of more than 300 in New Jersey on the DEP's "significant hazard" list. Another 47 dams are on the "high hazard" list, representing an even greater danger to their surrounding neighborhoods, the DEP said.
Think Pad The township is deciding between two contractors' bids for the work but has not yet recommended either bid to the township council.
Repair "Large trees on both sides of the dam are undermining the structure's stability," Parveese said. "The township contract calls for trees and shrubbery on both sides (of Clarksville Road) to be removed and each side of the dam to be reinforced with concrete and brick. The roadway will then be repaved at the end of the project."
Data Recovery Officials said the money for the project will come from the capital improvement funds. "We've got the money bonded already," said Community Development Director Pat Ward.
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Keyboard The Grovers Mill dam was built before the Grover family took ownership of the mill in the latter part of the 1800s. It stretches below ground level almost the entire distance from the intersection of Clarksville and Cranbury roads to nearby North Mill Road.
Monitor The pond was formed in a shallow valley over an expanse of fields shortly after the dam was built. It was used as a mill pond until 1942.
Desktop By the 1960s, residents in the area began petitioning to have the town clean up the pond. The federal government determined in the 1970s that the dam needed to be repaired, but the private owner never fixed it.
Infosys West Windsor took ownership of the pond in 1987 and proposals to rehabilitate the pond and dam have been introduced and scrapped many times since.
Refurbished Laptops In 1993, the township committee approved of a restoration plan for the pond but the plan was abandoned after the township changed its form of government.
Wipro The dam has been on the state DEP's list of dams presenting a "significant hazard" for about 10 years, said DEP spokesman Fred Mumford.
Lap Top West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said the DEP has told the township yearly about the dam's designation. "For many years the state kept telling us to fix it," Hsueh said. But the township always gave reasons why such a project had to wait.
Refurbished A $500,000 federal grant was obtained by Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township, six months ago, matching $500,000 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had been given for the project.
Memory Fowler, a civilian member of the Corps, said the agency is doing tests to determine how large and deep the pond is and what methods could be used to refresh the ecosystem.
Intel "We already did a study that determined the pond needs rehabilitation," she said. "Now we're studying the feasibility. We could do it wet or dry, either dredge or do it dry through an excavation process."
As400 Snedeker said the township residents' task force designated to study the rehab process determined excavation would be much easier and less expensive.
Averatec "Then you have to figure out where to dump the mud," he said.
Hardware Parveese said the "mud" may be taken to a rear section of nearby Community Park where it would become the foundation for future ballfields.
Dual Xeon "We've talked about building a temporary road from the pond down toward Community Park along the PSE&G utility line easement," Parveese said. "Then use the mud to level out the hilly area (in the rear of the park). It's nutrient-rich material and if you let it dry out, it would make some really good ballfields."
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Seagate The bulk of the dam reconstruction, Parveese said, will consist of removing the trees that line both sides of Clarksville Road just south of Cranbury Road.
Computer Sales "The large trees could potentially undermine the dam's stability and they have to be removed, roots and all," Parveese said. "Then there will be a concrete interlocking grid at the slopes of the dam on both sides."
Computer Hardware Hundreds of trees and large shrubs will have to be removed, Snedeker said.
Printers "These earthen dams are not supposed to have any vegetation growing on them," Snedeker said. "Their roots weaken the foundation and cause erosion problems."
Technology The large trees and shrubs will be removed by the contractor at the company's expense, Parveese said.
Mainframe Neighbors of the Clarksville and Cranbury roads intersection expressed some concern for traffic congestion during dam reconstruction. But Parveese said the majority of the work will not affect commuters who use that road.
Samsung Bob Kemp Jr., who lives on nearby Millstone Road and owns the large hardware store Grovers Mill Co., predicted terrible traffic in the area during the late summer construction.
Computer Repair "That's some mess that's going to be there on Clarksville Road," Kemp said. "That intersection is the major connector of northern West Windsor and Plainsboro to the southern end of town. Fixing that dam is going to cause (traffic) problems."
Used Computers As a volunteer firefighter, Kemp also said getting to the station farther down Clarksville Road will be a lot more difficult.
Network "I guess I'll go a roundabout way," he said.
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Trenton Times - 5/9/2004
Topic: Flood Control
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