What is the Red Streams Blue Program?
Brandywine Valley Association’s Red Streams Blue Program Presented by: J Jane F Fava & Kathy K h Bergmann B Brandywine Valley Association 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road West Chester,, PA 19382 Aaron Clauser, PhD Clauser Environmental, LLC 312 Deer D Trail T il Drive Di Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972
What is the Red Streams Blue Program? 1. 2 2.
3. 4. 5.
Th Brandywine The B d i watershed h d covers a 325 square miles il with 507 miles in Pennsylvania 102 miles or 20% of streams are designated impaired by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ((DEP)) Impaired streams do no meet water quality standards Impaired p streams are mapped pp in Red and unimpaired p waters are in Blue Blue.. The goal of Red Streams Blue Program is to take actions i to improve i water quality li andd turn allll Red Rd Streams Blue Blue..
How will we make Red Streams Blue? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 5. 6 6. 7.
Conduct a p preliminaryy watershed review. Conduct biological and habitat assessments at sample locations. Walk the stream and map outfalls, riparian buffers, areas of erosion and major areas of upland impacts. F From assessments identify id if allll impaired i i d reaches h andd problems in the watershed. Develop a restoration plan identifying areas for action, action type of actions, the cost and the priority for the actions. Select restoration projects to implement. Determine partners and funding sources. Implement p p projects j and monitor water qqualityy for improvements. Upgrade streams from Red to Blue
Plum Run Restoration Projects Stream Segment
Action
Priority
Partners in addition to BVA & CCCD
19-26
Remove legacy sediments & restore floodplain, install riparian buffers
High
Landowners, East Bradford
$600,000
17
Deflectors on Mill side & floodplain restoration to East
High
Landowners, East Landowners Bradford, PHMC
$80 000 $80,000
97
Demonstration R i Raingardens, d Rain R i Barrels Basin Retrofits
High
WCU , West Goshen, Ch Church, h Landowners, West Chester Boro
$110,000
8-11
Riparian p Buffers,, Fish Habitat, bioretention areas
High g
Radley y Run Country y Club, BEST, East Bradford, Birmingham
$160,000 $ ,
14 15 14-15
Stabilize streambank & floodplain restoration, invasive removal & riparian buffer enhancement
High
Landowners, East Landowners Bradford
$75 000 $75,000
Total
Cost $
$1,025,000
Challenges
Money Site limitations Forming the partnerships Getting landowner agreement Permitting Weather Long--term maintenance Long
For Information Red Streams Blue Coordinators Jane Fava (610) 429429-0109 [email protected] Kathy Bergmann [email protected] katberg17@verizon net Brandywine Valley Association www.brandywinewatershed.org (610) 793 793--1090 Clauser Environmental, LLC www.clauserenvironmental.com
Plum Run Project is funded by a DEP Growing Greener Grant Micolucci Project is funded by DEP Growing Greener Grant & PENNVEST
What is the Red Streams Blue Program? 1. 2 2.
3. 4. 5.
Th Brandywine The B d i watershed h d covers a 325 square miles il with 507 miles in Pennsylvania 102 miles or 20% of streams are designated impaired by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ((DEP)) Impaired streams do no meet water quality standards Impaired p streams are mapped pp in Red and unimpaired p waters are in Blue Blue.. The goal of Red Streams Blue Program is to take actions i to improve i water quality li andd turn allll Red Rd Streams Blue Blue..
How will we make Red Streams Blue? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 5. 6 6. 7.
Conduct a p preliminaryy watershed review. Conduct biological and habitat assessments at sample locations. Walk the stream and map outfalls, riparian buffers, areas of erosion and major areas of upland impacts. F From assessments identify id if allll impaired i i d reaches h andd problems in the watershed. Develop a restoration plan identifying areas for action, action type of actions, the cost and the priority for the actions. Select restoration projects to implement. Determine partners and funding sources. Implement p p projects j and monitor water qqualityy for improvements. Upgrade streams from Red to Blue
Plum Run Restoration Projects Stream Segment
Action
Priority
Partners in addition to BVA & CCCD
19-26
Remove legacy sediments & restore floodplain, install riparian buffers
High
Landowners, East Bradford
$600,000
17
Deflectors on Mill side & floodplain restoration to East
High
Landowners, East Landowners Bradford, PHMC
$80 000 $80,000
97
Demonstration R i Raingardens, d Rain R i Barrels Basin Retrofits
High
WCU , West Goshen, Ch Church, h Landowners, West Chester Boro
$110,000
8-11
Riparian p Buffers,, Fish Habitat, bioretention areas
High g
Radley y Run Country y Club, BEST, East Bradford, Birmingham
$160,000 $ ,
14 15 14-15
Stabilize streambank & floodplain restoration, invasive removal & riparian buffer enhancement
High
Landowners, East Landowners Bradford
$75 000 $75,000
Total
Cost $
$1,025,000
Challenges
Money Site limitations Forming the partnerships Getting landowner agreement Permitting Weather Long--term maintenance Long
For Information Red Streams Blue Coordinators Jane Fava (610) 429429-0109 [email protected] Kathy Bergmann [email protected] katberg17@verizon net Brandywine Valley Association www.brandywinewatershed.org (610) 793 793--1090 Clauser Environmental, LLC www.clauserenvironmental.com
Plum Run Project is funded by a DEP Growing Greener Grant Micolucci Project is funded by DEP Growing Greener Grant & PENNVEST
