Carpenter Creek Hydrologic Restoration and Stormwater Improvements
Implementing Organization
State of Florida
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$6,300,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Water Quality Restoration and Maintenance
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
The project will retrofit existing stormwater management systems and install additional stormwater infrastructure to provide additional water treatment, and thereby improve water quality in the Pensacola Bay watershed. The project will implement recommendations in the Carpenter Creek Watershed Master Plan, which included proposed sites and activities for stream restoration and stormwater treatment activities. Specifically, the project will: • Restore 1,540 linear feet of Robins Ridge Stream and construct two detention ponds. The stream restoration will provide the drainage corridor a larger floodplain/wetland area to stabilize the stream channel, preventing erosion and reducing downstream sediment loads. A bottomland meander belt and headwater channel will be contoured through the bottomland forest (by moving/removing sediment). Native vegetation will be planted along the restored meander belt for stabilization. • Install multiple stormwater filtering structures containing sediment settling chambers to capture and treat stormwater in drainageways near Coronet Drive. The structures will remove nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended solids. • Enhance existing stormwater ponds by installing bio-sorption activated media (BAM) stormwater infrastructure at three dry retention ponds near Cardinal Cove to reduce pollution influx into Carpenter Creek and remove energy from the system during heavy rainfall events. The Carpenter Creek watershed is highly urbanized and developed with residential, commercial, and industrial areas. The high degree of impervious surfaces, relatively well-drained soils, and presence of multiple pollutant sources con...click on "More Info" link below
Contact
Pearce Barrett(850) 245-2106
pearce.barrett@floridadep.gov
Project Website
None
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