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Wonder Lake Board denies silt basin SECTION 2 - PACE 7 - PLAlNDfcAM^K • Wlfe.UlMc.au^ « , »c j<Dcn a. i s by Kurt Begalka WONDER LAKE-There will be no silt catch basin in the Nippersink Creek, at least for the time being. Tuesday night the Village of Wonder Lake Board of Trustees voted unanimously to deny consideration of access to village property, Jacobson Park, until the proper permits are submitted for review. The decision followed a presentation on the proposed project and its problems by Larry Reinhard, director of general affairs for the village. Reinhard complimented the Master Property Owners Association's lake committee on their effort. "They (master association members) have come a long way in their thinking," Reinhard said. "I just wish the committee had done a little more extensive research!" Reinhard said the permit application had not been received by the Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of Water Resources. MPOA President Ed Beard said he sent in the application nearly three weeks ago. Copies are sent from IDOT to the U.S/ Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. All agencies must approve the proposal or no work can be done. If construction begins without a permit, the excavator can face a fine of up to $1,000 per day and have his equipment impounded. The local municipality, in this case Wonder Lake, is required by law to enforce this statute. "I feel there is a basic misunderstanding of siltation, both it's cause* and solutions." Reinhard added. Reinhard, a science teacher at Johnsburg Junior High School, said it takes 48 hours for silt to settle out of stagnant water. It is the opinion of experts with IDOT and the McHenry County Soil it Water Conservation District that a silt catch basin in a creek simply wouldn't work. E d W e i l b a c h e r , conservationist with the soil and water district, said the project would virtually do nothing. He said, according to a study by the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts, the Nippersink watershed (131,200 acres) loses 35 acre-feet of soil per year. Crops are raised on*70 percent of the watershed and are the major cause of the problem, Weilbacher said. No-till farming would reduce soil loss to erosion by 80 to 90 percent, he added. Weilbacher also said that a catch basin of the proposed size, 100 feet by 30 feet by 10 feet deep, wouldn't help. Other dimensions for the catch basin have been considered. A basin such as the one proposed would only catch the large particles like sand and could only hold 24,000 cubic feet, Weilbacher said. In short, he said a silt basin would catch only one percent of the silt coming into £ne lake. Weilbacher said that a catch basin was a short-term "band- aid" approach to problem. He recommended stopping the siltation problem at its source, then dredging the lake and hauling the soil away. The estimated cost of the latter is $4 per cubic yard. The proposed contractor, William Walters of Woodstock, said today that he could do the job for half that cost. • He attributed this to the fact he owns his own equipment and has reliable workmen. Another important factor would be a dumping site \for the soil in the immediate area. Walters is requesting five acres of marshland in the east portion of Jacobson Park to dump the silt dredged out of the bay. That too was denied fof the time being. The proposed site for the basin is 1,000 feet west of Thompson Road.' The Nippersink channel will be dredged up to 30 feet from the bridge, stop and then begin 30 east of Thompson Road. Dredging will continue 928 feet. The west bay will then be dredged at a cost of $300 per homeowner along the shoreline. The rest of the MPOA property owners will pay $3 each. Jack Crawford, lake committee chairman, said the cost of the project will be $18,000, up from the $17,000 estimated earlier. _ Mike Heger, delegate with the Sunrise Ridge Property Owners Association, researched the project with Reinhard. "It's a waste of time and money,M he said. "It's led me to the. conclusion that someone hasn't done his homework." "When I look at the whole project, I think it's going to hurt me more than it's going to help me," Reinhard told (he board. He suggested using agencies such as the conservation district, University of Illinois Extension Service and IDOT. Grant programs on a matchirig-fund basis may also be available, Weilbacher said. Crawford welcomed the report.' "We're not" sure of anything at this point until we get the permits." he said. "We're going to utilize the state's engineering ability." "Whatever we did, we did get people aroused to the need," Crawford noted. EMPLOYEE HEALTH The governor has named October 26 as Illinois Employee Fitness Day to call attention to employee health and to increase productivity. general News v v LWV slates fund raiser The Woodstock-McHenry League of Women Voters is planning a gala fund raiser. The league has reserved 60 seats for the opening night performance of "Cabaret" at the Woodstock Opera House Friday, Oct. 7- The performance is at 8:15. The price of the ticket includes a post-theatre party at the Woodstock home of Jim and Anne Puccini. Tickets may be reserved bj calling the league president Barb Marrs, 385-1434. i The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that promotes such public service activities as voter registration and candidates meetings, as well as*studying issues of vital importance such as national security and natural resources. 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