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Enhancing Eden Landing: Tidal Marsh Restoration Update

Learn about the ongoing efforts to restore tidal marshes at Eden Landing through levee lowering, salt pond restoration, and sustainable design to improve flood control and ecosystem health. Updates on water levels, habitat restoration, and future plans.

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Enhancing Eden Landing: Tidal Marsh Restoration Update

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  1. A Quick Update on Tidal Marsh Restoration Efforts in Eden Landing Matt Wickland, PE m.wickland@pwa-ltd.com Philip Williams & Associates, Ltd.

  2. Levees constructed to convey watershed runoff through the salt ponds - Over time channels fill in with sediment and salt ponds subside • Levee lowering/ removal causes channel scour & marsh sedimentation • Salt pond restoration reduces fluvial flood hazards by improving conveyance to the Bay

  3. 880 Ardenwood Blvd

  4. All three alternatives show reduction in SPF water levels because of larger capacity and through-pond routing • More sustainable design – no dredging required • Meets SBSP habitat restoration objectives Levee crest Existing Water Surface Post-project Water Surface

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