Once the plug was removed from the ditch system, major flushing needed to take place. There was lots of debris remaining in the ditches from the fire and from the winter runoff. A tremendous amount of silt and debris had to be dump-gated out and was flushed into our forebays and afterbays.

Once everything was working properly, the pump and pipe system needed to be disassembled, removed from the site, and its entire area of use returned to pre-use condition per Forest Service and Private Land Lease contract. It took approximately two days to fill in the area where we had originally dug out the bank to create a location for the pump pad, re-seed it, and utilize the matting to hold the seed in place. Following that, the culvert that allowed the overland pipes to pass under the road was removed. Next, the overland pipe itself was disassembled and ready for removal from the site, along with the road bridge, concrete hold-downs, rebar stakes and all construction materials. This took place in the three weeks following the start up of the system.