Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Initiative Inc

KIDS CREEK STREAM CORRIDOR RESTORATION PROJECT

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 11210. THE WATERSHE

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 11210. THE WATERSHE

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 113-76. THIS PROJEC

DESCRIPTION:THIS PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT STREAM SIDE CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE STORM WATER, SEDIMENT, AND NUTRIENT INPUTS TO KIDS CREEK, AN IMPAIRED STREAM IN THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAY WATERSHED. ACTIVITIES:THE PROJECT WILL RESTORE A 4,800-FOOT SECTION OF KIDS CREEK BY REESTABLISHMENT OF A WOODY RIPARIAN BUFFER AND THE CREATION OF A 1-ACRE WETLAND. SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:THIS PROJECT WILL HELP IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE SEDIMENTATION IN KIDS CREEK, HELPING LEAD TO ITS REMOVAL FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN'S IMPAIRED WATERS LIST. ANNUALLY, THE PROJECT WILL CAPTURE AND INFILTRATE AT LEAST 1.1 MILLION GALLONS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF, AND WILL HAVE ANNUAL COMBINED POLLUTANT REDUCTION LOADS OF 11.82 TONS TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS/SEDIMENT (62% REDUCTION), 34.29 POUNDS NITROGEN (22% REDUCTION), AND 4.04 POUNDS PHOSPHORUS (20% REDUCTION) TO GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE CITY OF TRAVERSE CITY'S RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE BY ENHANCING THE CAPACITY FOR WATER FILTRATION AND INCREASING FLOODPLAIN STORAGE, MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF DOWNSTREAM FLOODING DUE TO FLASH FLOODING EVENTS.

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 11210. THE WATERSHED

DESCRIPTION:THIS GRANT AGREEMENT WILL REDUCE STORM WATER INPUTS TO GRAND TRAVERSE BAY IN THE VILLAGE OF NORTHPORT, A COASTAL COMMUNITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN.ACTIVITIES:THE GRANTEE WILL INSTALL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE (GI), INCLUDING AN UNDERGROUND INFILTRATION TRENCH AND BIORETENTION, TO REDUCE STORM WATER COMING FROM THE MAIN STREET DRAIN THAT OUTLET NEXT TO A HEAVILY USED PUBLIC BEACH. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT WILL INSTALL UNDERGROUND FILTRATION CHAMBERS BENEATH THE PARKING LOT OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL, REPRESENTING A 35,000 SQUARE FEET DRAINAGE AREA. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INSTALL BIORETENTION NEXT TO AND NEARBY THE FILTRATION CHAMBERS AND WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,000 SQUARE FEET BIORETENTION AREA.SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES: THE GI PRACTICES USED FOR THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE STORM WATER VOLUME AND ITS ASSOCIATED POLLUTION INPUTS TO GRAND TRAVERSE BAY, 540,700 GALLONS OF RUNOFF WILL BE CAPTURED/INFILTRATED IN A TYPICAL YEAR AND INSTALLED PRACTICES WILL ALSO ADD 48,000 GALLONS OF STORM WATER STORAGE VOLUME. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMBINED POLLUTANT REDUCTION LOAD PER YEAR TO GRAND TRAVERSE BAY WILL BE 47 POUNDS (0.02 TONS) SEDIMENT, 1.2 POUNDS NITROGEN, AND 0.3 POUNDS PHOSPHORUS. THESE EFFORTS WILL ALSO REDUCE BACTERIAL INPUTS TO RECREATIONAL WATERS AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AT NORTHPORT MARINA BEACH.

THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAY WATERSHED INITIATIVE, MICHIGAN, WILL CONSTRUCT A WETLAND FLOODPLAIN AREA ADJACENT TO A TRAVERSE CITY'S STORMWATER OUTFALL. UP TO 1.38 MILLION GALLONS OF STORMWATER PER STORM EVENT (AND ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTS, NUTRIENTS, AND PATHOGENS) ARE PROJECTED TO BE TREATED, THEREBY IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY OF THE CREEK AND ULTIMATELY LAKE MICHIGAN.

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE (GLRI) AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 112-74. THIS

THE GRANTEE WILL IMPLEMENT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICES (I.E., TREE BOX FILTERS, PERVIOUS PAVEMENT, AND RAIN GARDENS) TO REDUCE THE DISCHARGE OF UN

THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAY WATERSHED INITIATIVE WILL REDUCE STORMWATER VOLUME AND ITS ASSOCIATED POLLUTION INPUTS TO GRAND TRAVERSE BAY FROM THE VILLAGE OF ELK RAPIDS, A COASTAL COMMUNITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN. THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE BY INSTALLING AN UNDERGROUND INFILTRATION TRENCH AND RETROFITTING EXISTING STREET SIDE BUMP-OUT AREAS WITH RAIN GARDENS TO INFILTRATE APPROXIMATELY 2.8 MILLION GALLONS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF ANNUALLY.