Askham Bryan College is an Agricultural College based near York. Unfortunately they had an accident where an animal trailer had slipped into a slurry lagoon and tore a hole in the Buytl liner such that slurry was leaching into the ground. As the lagoon had to be kept...
At a private fishing club in Essex, we were called upon to remove weed, silt and a fair amount of debris from this lake. Unfortunately, because of the amount of debris in this lake we could not use our signature pumping system so had to revert to traditional dredging...
Occasionally Jex Plant will get contracted to do desilting projects where other contractors have been but been unable to carry out the work because they do not have the right equipment or technical know-how to do so. That was the case at Temples Farm in Norfolk. At...
The Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate near Rotherham has 4 ponds and lakes that were overgrown with weed and silted up to a high degree.Jex silt Pumping Ltd was called upon to restore these ponds and lake to their former glory. The first task of this project was to remove...
At the Duke of Wellington Estate, the stately house heating system is an water-sourced heat pump system that has coils placed in the lake. A fluid pumped through the coils and heat from the water is transferred to the fluid an then carried to the radiators in the...
This moat dredging project was a little unusual in that although this farm moat is on private land, it is classed as an ancient monument and therefore we had to work alongside English Heritage. As such we had to adhere to a joint plan that was drawn up and we were...
As the result of the recent heavy rains, a landslide had filled in a pond operated by PGL Travel. As this pond is used for children’s adventure activities, they needed it cleared out. This pond was completely filled by the landslide. Jex Silt Pumping was contracted to...
It’s sometimes the case that we cannot use our silt pumping equipment on a project because either the materiel to be removed has too much debris in it or there is some other reason that prevents us from using it. On this project at Narborough Trout Lakes in Norfolk,...
For the second part of the Clivedon House, National Trust pond desilting project we returned to desilt the second ornamental pond. Again we placed Aqua dams between the two ponds so one could stay full with the fish. Once all the fish had been moved to the first pond,...
On some desilting projects, there are restrictions on access and on the weight of the machinery can also be a limiting factor. On this project at Brick Lock Island these restrictions applied as we couldn't take the equipment over the tow path and there was a 3 tonne...
Cliveden House is a beautiful house, Gardens and Woodlands overlooking the River Themes, owned by the National Trust. A pond desilting project.
Case study: Dredging a private fishing lake to increase the capacity for the fish and wildlife.
Sometimes Jex Plant is contracted do things that others can’t. At Pleasurewood Hills we cleared a lake of vegetation and debris under a live ride.
Case Study - Removing Silt from a Pond This being a smaller project the methods remains the same to conventional pond dredging. The machines and equipment are loaded in to a safe area. Then they travel in on bog mats to the work area and a full drain down occurs...
Case Study - Clearing an Irrigation Pond On arrival, immediately noticing the severely overgrown vegetation that carries all the way round the irrigation pond, containing large amounts of sticks and debris. In this situation it will make it extremely difficult to pump...
Case Study : Removing Silt from a Pond As seen in the before photo below, on arrival pond has already been drained completely, with no inlets allowing it to stay dry. The process carried out here started with the careful removal of the fence, following the...
Environment Agency Report on Desilting Stillwaters The Environment Agency has recently published a report called Desilting Stillwaters that outlines the consequences of silt buildup in bodies of water. The report suggests using traditional dredging equipment and...
Case Study - Removing Fly Ash from a Lagoon Traditionally Power Station Fly Ash Lagoons are emptied using excavation or dredging to recycle the waste fly ash. This process is slow, and potentially very damaging to the environment, with spillage from the bulk...
Case Study - Removing Slurry from a Lagoon Traditionally farm slurry lagoons are emptied by first stirring the slurry and then extracting it to slurry tankers ready for spreading on the land. There are three main problems with this; 1) It is time consuming 2)...
Case Study - Silt Pumping Trial We were contracted to do a trial to provide the Broads Authority with evidence of our ability to dredge from one location and use our silt pumping system to deposit the silt at a location several hundred yards away. As you can see in...