Stream restoration and water quality improvements

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Construction completed	December 2012
Planting along banks	Finished in January 2013

Construction is finished on a section of Torrence Tributary #1 in Huntersville. Repairing this stream has been a high priority for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services. 

Torrence Trib 1 before restoration		The stream and floodplain were repaired

Like other streams in the McDowell Watershed, Torrence Trib #1 was damaged by erosion. Storm Water Services repaired the stream to improve water quality. Cleaner water is essential because water from Torrence Trib #1 eventually flows into Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s drinking water supply.

A major problem is sediment. Fast-moving water eats away at the sides and bottom of the stream. Dirt particles also wash off the land during heavy rain and clog the stream. Restoring this stream segment will keep more than a million pounds of dirt from washing down this tiny creek each year.

The project repaired about 11,000 linear feet of stream from I-77 to just past Gilead Road in Huntersville. The project ended where Torrence Trib #1 flows into Torrence Creek near Bradford Hill Lane. 
 
More information and project map (given out at public meeting in May 2010)

Cost: $1.428 million  Funding sources:      NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund: $296,000     Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services: $1.132 million Project Schedule: Planning and Design: May 2011 to February 2012     Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Construction: April through December 2012     Eagle Wood, Inc.

Project Manager:
David Woodie, P.E.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services
704-336-3873