Improving Water Quality through Stormwater Management Three Bays Watershed April Wobst, Restoration Ecologist
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Improving Water Quality through Stormwater Management
Three Bays Watershed
April Wobst, Restoration Ecologist
rain
impervious
surfaces
runoff
nutrients
bacteria &
pathogens metals oil
pesticides trash
sediment
thermal
stress
salts
Nitrogen
Sources
Cape Cod
Source: Cape Cod Commission 208 Plan
A “blue economy”
livelihood and
sustenance brought
forth from the sea
inverted elbow
pre-
treatment
catch basin
catch basin
Stormwater Management
green
treats
close to
source
modeled
after
nature
cost
effective
reduces
volume
biological
treatment
Assessment and Prioritization
Design and Permitting
Installation
Photo Credit: Gerald Beetham
Assessment and Prioritization
Design and Permitting
Installation
Phase 2: September 2018 – February 2019
Phase 2: 2019 Phase 2: Spring 2020
Photo Credit: Gerald Beetham
Project Area
2018
20 Sites
2017
42 Sites
Field Assessment
Prioritization of Sites
• Cost
• Ease of Implementation
Credit: Barnstable Clean Water Coalition
SHORT-TERM RESULTS LONG-TERM GOALS
Education and Outreach
Photo Credit: Horsley Witten Group
What You Can Do
Questions?
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