[Durham INC] Durham's Third Fork Creek Watershed Project Begins Monday

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release: October 22, 2009

 

 

Durham's Third Fork Creek Watershed Improvement Project Begins Monday

Program Will Help the City Prioritize and Implement Watershed
Improvements

 

Durham, N.C. - Beginning Monday, October 26, 2009, Durham residents who
live in the Third Fork Creek Watershed may see scientists and field
crews in orange vests walking along the creek as the City of Durham
launches a study aimed at revitalizing the health of this creek and its
surrounding areas.

 

The City's Stormwater Services Division with the Department of Public
Works has contracted with Tetra Tech, an engineering firm, to complete a
study and assessment of Third Fork Creek and its watershed within the
city limits.  According to Dave Brown, project manager with the City's
Stormwater Services Division, the analysis will help the City prioritize
and implement watershed improvement projects aimed at cleaning up and
revitalizing Third Fork Creek, which flows into New Hope Creek and
Jordan Lake.  "Beginning Monday, our field crews will begin assessing
streams and stormwater treatment devices, such as ponds, all along the
project area," Brown said.  "Our field evaluation activities are
expected to continue until the end of this December.  Then, after the
field work is completed, we'll have a list of prioritized potential
improvement projects that will be developed and included in our updated
Watershed Plan, which we hope to present in May 2011."

 

According to Brown, over the next two months Durham residents living in
the assessment area - which encompasses approximately 39 miles of
streams in the watershed - may see field crews in orange vests with
identifying credentials walking through neighborhoods and along streams
in the watershed.  These crews will present their identifying
credentials upon request.  

 

To view a map of the neighborhoods that will be included in the
assessment, visit the City's Web site at 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/works/images/tf_creek_watershed.jpg.  For
additional information about the project, contact Brown at (919)
560-4326, ext. 30241 or via e-mail at david.brown at durhamnc.gov. 

 

About the Stormwater Services Division, Department of Public Works

The Stormwater Services Division with the City's Department of Public
Works has the major responsibility for enforcing all existing stormwater
ordinances and regulations.  Activities include storm drainage design
and plans review; inspecting and maintaining City-owned drainage
systems; education and outreach; stream monitoring; and restoration and
watershed master planning.  To learn more about this division, visit 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/works/stormwater.  

 

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