And as the city's consultant, we did suggest that they look further into that, and left in their hands to pursue as far as they felt comfortable. Being a city of 500 people, I don't think they pursued it. Thanks for the tips cvg and Fwilson.
We have contacted them and the warranty doesn't cover this sort of thing. They also had no suggestion for a solution as they had "never heard of this before." They provided the city with a patch kit at the cities expense to patch it themselves.
Yes, I agree. I don't think they are doing it as a source of food. It seems that they are trying to get behind it, probably because it's warm. Started happening in the winter. To decrease the fold or ripple is a good idea, and one we suggested on the next project, but to eliminate is near...
The liner is a reinforced polypropylene/rubber-based geomembrane that is produced with a 9x9 polyester weft inserted scrim reinforcement. It's 1.14 mm thick, and manufactured by Firestone.
Has anyone ever encountered the lagoon liner being damaged/eaten by animals, namely turtles? If so, please offer some advice/help on how to combat it.
Seems to be happening on the side facing the sun the most, and only where the liner has a "ripple" in it. It's occurring at the water line...
