Dredging - Lake Trafford Restoration

...Its aim was to rid the lake of tons of muck that had been choking it. The dredge worked around-the-clock to finish the job last week.

...The South Florida Water Management District estimates crews have removed some 4 million cubic yards of muck - about 222,000 dump-truck loads - but there's more to do...He said he is negotiating a price for a possible second phase that would dredge more muck closer to the edge of the lake.

...Tears estimated that 1 million cubic yards remains to be sucked out of the lake. Removing what's left could take another five months

...Computers and GPS keep track of where the dredge has been and help the dredge follow the bottom contours of the lake.

...The pipe that had carried the soupy mixture of water and muck to a 400-acre disposal site a mile away looped out of the back of the dredge, floating on the lake surface.