Clean Channel Dredging

Most sediment removal solutions are expensive, with dredges that are too bulky for narrow channels, and can damage shorelines and even lake beds. Using earth-moving equipment when lake levels are lowered for hydrilla abatement and dock maintenance is a common approach, but it’s inefficient and often causes other problems.

Clean Channel Dredging uses a hydraulic dredge only eight feet wide, the width/beam of a standard pontoon boat, so it can go where other systems cannot. Like a floating vacuum, this dredge removes sediment very precisely. The pontoon-mounted system weighs only about 3,500 pounds and is mounted on a trailer with a standard hitch tongue. Mobilization costs are a fraction of those of heavier machines, and there is typically no damage to the shoreline or tracks to be repaired.