Thread: Pier Lights on the Octi.

Like I say the squeaky wheel is always the one that gets the grease.

This is so sad. Such a great resource and it's going to crap for a lack of simple maintenance.

Is the lack of proper maintenance due to a lack of funds? Or is it just poor management? Are there any other possibilities? If it's funding, I have an idea or two. If it's poor management, then maybe they need a full-time maintenance guy (assuming they don't have one).

Odds are they are trying to navigate the state purchasing process to get replacement parts.
Even emergency purchases are now a nightmare for state agencies due to changes made in the name of "efficiency" under the Bentley administration. Its done nothing but slow things down and we spend dollars to save pennies.

Of course the Park has a full time maintenance supervisor & crew, but they responsible for the entire park. They do their best to keep up with everything. If the legislature hadn't sucked Parks Division dry for years to support other agencies, they would be in a lot better shape, but people tend to forget about that fact.

Originally Posted by Pier#r

They have been working on the water 'hard' every day...

Thanks for showing that picture, Pier#r! I see a wall that needs sandblasting or something! I have a question for you or anybody - How do you all empty your ice chest when you clean it at the cleaning station? You spray it down and you need to dump the water out -- how do you do that with no drain-area?

Pretty much what Carl said-cut the crew some slack guys!

Originally Posted by eym_sirius

Thanks for showing that picture, Pier#r! I see a wall that needs sandblasting or something! I have a question for you or anybody - How do you all empty your ice chest when you clean it at the cleaning station? You spray it down and you need to dump the water out -- how do you do that with no drain-area?

The green stains could be removed pretty quickly with a gallon of bleach and a pressure washer. The cleaning station drains aren't very effective at all. A few redfish scales or Spanish guts stop them up and then the water stands on the cleaning tables until someone sprays them off-which makes the decking slimy and wet. A nightly spray down with a bleach, peroxide or copper sulfate solution would eliminate the algae growth. I don't know if the water that drains off the cleaning tables is supposed to drain into the water under the pier or into the wastewater system but most of it ends up on the deck and seeps under the pier. I do try to dump my cooler wash water off the side of the pier.

Originally Posted by chillinfish

I don't know if the water that drains off the cleaning tables is supposed to drain into the water under the pier or into the wastewater system but most of it ends up on the deck and seeps under the pier. I do try to dump my cooler wash water off the side of the pier.

I do, too (try to dump my cooler water off the side), and that's my challenge. It's awkward, to me. I'm just wondering if there's a better way, potentially. I like the cleaning station. I just struggle a bit with that aspect of cleaning up.

Originally Posted by eym_sirius

I do, too (try to dump my cooler water off the side), and that's my challenge. It's awkward, to me. I'm just wondering if there's a better way, potentially. I like the cleaning station. I just struggle a bit with that aspect of cleaning up.

Maybe a 2' x 12' section of galvanized steel grate under the cleaning tables? At least the water would have somewhere to go other than pool up on the decking.

If they are going to mess with the cleaning station, one easy improvement I would suggest is to tilt it so water runs off. That might mean re-arranging the troughs, but the water ponding on it seems pretty nasty at times. Sunlight is a great disinfectant, but not on ponded water.