Opequon Targeted Opequon Targeted Watershed Watershed

Partner’s Meeting – Partner’s Meeting – BMPsBMPs

Cully Hession, Jim Lawrence, and Cully Hession, Jim Lawrence, and Andrea LudwigAndrea Ludwig

October 19, 2007October 19, 2007

Opequon Creek Basin - Opequon Creek Basin - BMPsBMPs

Cattle Fencing

Bioretention Basin

Constructed Floodplain Wetland

Water Quality Swale

Constructed Floodplain Wetland

Pocket Wetland

Hedgebrook Farm Hedgebrook Farm Constructed Floodplain Constructed Floodplain

WetlandWetland Development Development

upstreamupstream Cattle accessCattle access High stream banksHigh stream banks

Opequon Creek Floodplain

Wetland

Existing palustrine wetland

Hedgebrook Farm Hedgebrook Farm Constructed Floodplain Constructed Floodplain

WetlandWetland

Hedgebrook Farm Hedgebrook Farm Constructed Floodplain Constructed Floodplain

WetlandWetland

Constructed Floodplain Constructed Floodplain Wetland CostsWetland Costs

Planning and design costsPlanning and design costs Site visitationsSite visitations Engineering timeEngineering time

Construction costsConstruction costs $7K in groundwork$7K in groundwork Grooming and seeding Grooming and seeding

Fencing and planting costsFencing and planting costs DOF funding for wetland plantsDOF funding for wetland plants

Maintenance costsMaintenance costs Watering systemWatering system

Town Run Town Run Floodplain Floodplain WetlandWetland

Inlet flow path

Flow

Cedarmeade Pocket Cedarmeade Pocket WetlandWetland

Enhancement of stormwater drainage Enhancement of stormwater drainage areas to detain and treat runoffareas to detain and treat runoff

Stormwater flow route

ISCO samplers

Check dams

Grass Waterway

Shenandoah University Shenandoah University

Bioretention

Shenandoah University Shenandoah University (alternative)(alternative)

McCann Farm Cattle McCann Farm Cattle Fencing Fencing

SummarySummary

ProposedProposed 10 Wetlands10 Wetlands

6 floodplain6 floodplain 4 pocket4 pocket

10 WQ Swales10 WQ Swales 32,000’ fencing32,000’ fencing

Built or In ProcessBuilt or In Process 3 Wetlands3 Wetlands

2 floodplain2 floodplain 1 pocket1 pocket

1 WQ Swale 1 WQ Swale (planning)(planning)

NoneNone Add’lAdd’l

Bioretention Bioretention (planning)(planning)