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City digs deep to dredge Minoru ponds

Foul smells from fowl excrement forces city's hand
Minoru pond
A photo of the Minoru pond waterfall by Imtiaz333 on Flickr. The ponds, while beautiful at times, are susceptible to foul smells. The city will dredge them in 2016.

The City of Richmond has allotted $1 million to upgrade Minoru Park’s ponds in 2016 to mitigate “foul smells” as a result of duck excrement and algae.

The lakes are only six inches deep in some places and, as a result, are not conducive to proper water flow.

“This project involves the retrofit of Minoru Lakes by excavating/dredging the sediment/waste accumulation in the lakes,” states a city report.

Preliminary plans call for the potential to have the newly excavated lakes act as a retainer of storm water, much like Garden City Park.

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