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Team 8

Team Members

Faculty Advisor

Antonio Azabache
Amelia Colombo
Wiktor Szwajger
Bret Batohie
Jacob Brown

Manish Roy, Ph.D.

Sponsor

Jacobs

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Pameacha Pond Dam Replacement

Located centrally in Middletown, CT, surrounded by residential, commercial, and mixed use properties, Pameacha Pond has become a staple to the local community. Following the dam failure on the northern end of the site, Jacobs Solutions, Inc. was delegated to create a solution for the failing and aging structure. Our Senior Design Team, CE 08, was assigned this project to assist Jacobs in creating suitable dam replacement options. Our team considered four key components when developing a solution: Structural Analysis and Planning, Environmental Repair, Transportation, and Recreation. We developed a primary solution with two alternatives. Our primary solution aimed at preserving the pond by replacing the dam with a gravity-dam that provides safe fishing locations and a look out point, as well as a designated crosswalk on the nearby Pameacha Ave. that leads to an ADA-compliant sidewalk using a switchback to the dam. Managing water quality and contaminant migration, Best Management Practices were applied in the ecological design beyond the dam with a wildlife corridor, erosion control, utilization of bioswales and bioretention systems along CT-17, among others. This aimed at balancing the needs of the community, the needs of the city, and the needs of the environment.