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Summary
Workers construct a specialized water drainage system completely around a new raw water storage impoundment in Effingham County, Georgia. The drainage system ensures the integrity of the berm surrounding and forming the 35-acre impoundment. The water impoundment will hold enough raw water to replace two days of water normally withdrawn from the Savannah River by the City of Savannah’s water department. The impoundment, part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP), will be used to replace river water on those rare occasions when high tides and low river flow might allow water with higher chlorine levels to reach the river intakes for the Savannah water system for a few hours. After tides recede water used from the impoundment will be replaced and the city will resume using water directly from Savannah River. The SHEP will deepen the Savannah harbor an additional 5 feet allowing larger container ships to access the Garden City Port more easily and for longer periods during each tidal cycle. Thalle Construction Company serves as the prime contractor to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, for this portion of the SHEP. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Billy Birdwell)