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Opequon Targeted Watershed Partner’s Meeting – BMPs. Cully Hession , Jim Lawrence, and Andrea Ludwig October 19, 2007. Opequon Creek Basin - BMPs. Cattle Fencing. Bioretention Basin. Water Quality Swale. Constructed Floodplain Wetland. Constructed Floodplain Wetland. Pocket Wetland.
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Opequon Targeted Watershed Partner’s Meeting – BMPs Cully Hession, Jim Lawrence, and Andrea Ludwig October 19, 2007
Opequon Creek Basin - BMPs Cattle Fencing Bioretention Basin Water Quality Swale Constructed Floodplain Wetland Constructed Floodplain Wetland Pocket Wetland
Development upstream Cattle access High stream banks Hedgebrook Farm Constructed Floodplain Wetland Opequon Creek Floodplain Wetland Existing palustrine wetland
Constructed Floodplain Wetland Costs • Planning and design costs • Site visitations • Engineering time • Construction costs • $7K in groundwork • Grooming and seeding • Fencing and planting costs • DOF funding for wetland plants • Maintenance costs • Watering system
Flow Inlet flow path Town Run Floodplain Wetland
Cedarmeade Pocket Wetland • Enhancement of stormwater drainage areas to detain and treat runoff Stormwater flow route ISCO samplers
Shenandoah University Check dams Grass Waterway Bioretention
Proposed 10 Wetlands 6 floodplain 4 pocket 10 WQ Swales 32,000’ fencing Built or In Process 3 Wetlands 2 floodplain 1 pocket 1 WQ Swale (planning) None Add’l Bioretention (planning) Summary