Little sucking sound joins GIANT sucking sound

This is the latest "look" at our community pool. We're back to where we were several months ago, except now in an area which was "missed" (for lack of a better word) before. Readers will recall that when the subcontractor was removing additional "discovered" organic matter, they dug where somebody in authority had staked out the perimeter. Unfortunately, that perimeter was the wrong footprint. What you're viewing here is the "supplemental dig" which has been going on now for approximately a week.

The new area is opposite the "shade element" where in the process of excavating to firmly secure this giant awning, it was "discovered" that not all debris had been removed before. The current area is, to my understanding, where steps down into the pool will be located.

Sadly, the effort to lower the water table by draining the adjacent pond was not working as well as hoped, so this additional process (seen once before during the "big dig") became necessary. I hold no blame for this crew - indeed they appear very competent and hard working. In speaking with the owner of the company (who also was on-site every day I observed), he indicated it would probably be at least five (5) more working days to drain the water table, before they could complete the removal of organic matter. This firm then will turn over the site to the General Contractor who will than bring in a separate firm to actually dig and install the pool. UPDATE: They finished by Friday, the 24th, with the pump turned off but still hooked up.

The pipes you see run along the new area, and tie into the "de-watering" pump, which then extracts water from vertical pipes that are projected deep into the ground. The inset picture (close up) shows air bubbles through the clear plastic, where one can observe water being sucked out of the ground. And so, we have proof of the little sucking sound. The GIANT sucking sound will arrive in the mail soon, when an additional $2,000 on top of our regular quarterly assessment is imposed on all 55 paying members of the Winding Oaks Homeowners Association. Rest assured, this additional "debris extraction" adds to the already escalating cost of this two year project. One can argue significant incompetence has been demonstrated by various parties who shall remain unnamed. Before final payment to some of these people, one should hope our board does it's best to assess blame and recover some expenses which NEVER should have been incurred if only people would have been paying better attention throughout the project.