23-acre body of water disappears in St. Louis suburb

[johnnyjibbs]

I wouldn't be worried about how long it'll take to fill it. The big issues are cost (as referenced before) and the productivity of filling the "hole" on our economy. I estimate that the 23-acre lake averaging 4 feet deep can hold about 30 million gallons of water. Given that Poland Springs ships their gallons of water at 85c/gallon, then awards a 10% additional sale, you're talking about $23 million in filling that thing up. And those 52 foot semi-s can hold no more than 7000 gallons of water each, given that each one was sealed off like an aquarium. So you're talking about over 4000 trucks going to the site to fill that thing up. That's very time consuming and (can be debated) not a productive use of our resources.

Couldn't you just plug all the holes, ensure there is no leakage in the drainage (what they should have done with a couple of geologists to begin with) and then wait for it to rain???!

 

[King Cobra]

IF you read what I said earlier (below), then you would know that not only did I agree (with Mr. A) to let the lake refill from rain, but also there is no easy quick solution to refilling it.

I said that the time and cost of filling up the lake again via trucks would not be a productive use of our economical resources, and I feel that I have showed that further with the example of the NY aquarium (above in this post). Thus, I feel that I have demonstrated that refilling the lake up with trucks is not a great solution to replace 30 million gallons of water. What Mr. A suggested (let rain fill it up) would work (eventually); however, my focus was on how to fill up the lake quickly, as in, much quicker than it takes mother nature to fill it up again.

So residents around the area will be looking at a big hole in the ground for a long time. I bet that'll attract (just the right) tourists.

 

[MongoTheGeek]

So residents around the area will be looking at a big hole in the ground for a long time. I bet that'll attract (just the right) tourists.

Between now and October StLouis will get approximately 17.8"(~1.5 feet) of rain. If the lake fills from an area 4 times its area it should be back to its average depth of 6' by Halloween.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Between now and October StLouis will get approximately 17.8"(~1.5 feet) of rain. If the lake fills from an area 4 times its area it should be back to its average depth of 6' by Halloween.

Exactly! If you have the right storm and the run off from houses and parking lots in the area feed into the lake, there really won't be a problem.

As for VoIDs - get over it, your tongue in cheek idea to use bottled water was more lame than any other outside reference

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[Frohickey]

Couldn't you just plug all the holes, ensure there is no leakage in the drainage (what they should have done with a couple of geologists to begin with) and then wait for it to rain???!

Yes, they could.

If they didn't consult with geologists to begin with, then the builder should pick up the tab.
If the builder consulted with geologists to begin with, and the geologist said to go ahead, the geologist should pick up the tab.

Fill it with rainwater and treated sewage water. Fish are not gonna know the difference anyway.

 

[King Cobra]

As for VoIDs - get over it, your tongue in cheek idea to use bottled water was more lame than any other outside reference

First, I never said that the lake had to be filled up with only bottled water. Second, that so-called "lame" idea was the best I could think of in order to show that a quick fix solution to filling the lake would not be productive. I could have used another idea (i.e. "other outside reference"), such as extending all the water pipes from nearby homes into the lake and keep the water running from them into the lake until it's filled, but that would have been more "lame" and also a lot slower. Better yet, I could have used a "ridiculous" idea, such as putting helicopter pilots in clown suits and paying them to dump water into the lake from 50 feet up. (Hell, I dare some clowns to do that, and maybe I'll pay them.) So there are more "lame" outside references (in this case, ideas that are quick fixes) than the original truckdump story.

"tongue in cheek" you say? LOL! That's great...I shall now abbreviate "tongue in cheek" as "TiC" and reference that to you for any noticible lapse in your understanding (or reading) of my (or anyone else's) posts.

 

[Frohickey]

They could encourage residents to drink their daily 8 glasses of water just before breakfast, and then wizz into the 23-acre hole.

 

[King Cobra]

Yeah, but then the fish would kill themselves by flopping up onto the dry grass.

Also, I read somebody's signature from TheTechPub about not taking a wizz...if it's windy...

 

[tristan]

Fill it with bottled water? Say what?

The US has invested billions of dollars in underground pipes, water collection and treatment facilities, etc - and you want to fill this hole by trucking in Poland Spring water? What are you smoking?

And may I have some please?

 

[King Cobra]

What are you smoking?

I don't smoke, never have, and never will. I'll die before I do any of that bulls**t.

And may I have some please?

Send a letter to your local Suicide department...and don't forget to request extra cancer-related chemicals for asking nicely.

The US has invested billions of dollars in underground pipes, water collection and treatment facilities, etc - and you want to fill this hole by trucking in Poland Spring water?

Read my posts more closely! I never said that we had to use bottled water. Mr. Anderson already tried contesting me in that I said it should be done, and I told him: "I never said that the lake had to be filled up with only bottled water." I still don't see where in this thread I said: "We should fill the lake up with bottled water...." In fact, I contested against it, and the original example from page 1 of the thread showed its negative impact on our resources, thus why I'm against it. I'm making this clear for the 4th ***damn time: There is no quick and easy fix to filling up the lake again that would better our economy. So let mother nature fill it up for us (also as Mr. A mentioned).