#Funded: USS and Carrboro's Watershed Initiatives"
Urban Sustainability Solutions is delighted to have partnered with the Town of Carrboro Stormwater Department to support the installation of a Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC) project and pilot a cost share project to assist landowners with the installation of small-scale retrofits in the Bolin Creek watershed. The project's purpose is to support homeowners by providing no-cost professional assessments of potential stormwater, stream, and flood resilience-related improvements at single family residential sites.
We are also pleased to announce the award of $220,000 from the Clean Water Act-Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grant Fund, which will be used to construct the Wild Oak Lane RSC ($40,000) and to begin a pilot cost share program ($180,000) to improve water quality and address nonpoint source pollution at single family parcels that contain or are adjacent to a jurisdictional waterways.
The project team has identified potential installation sites within the designated N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) underserved area. DEQ hopes to assist low income landowners with installation of small scale practices that reduce erosion and protect local streams.
The practices that would be planned to be installed:
Impervious removal and conversion to vegetation
Stormwater biofiltration system and buffer enhancement plantings
Cisterns with passive draw down devices, impervious disconnects
Grass swales with TRM
Rain gardens
In short, Urban Sustainability Solutions is up to big things this year! We are proud to partner with the Town of Carrboro Stormwater Department to advance urban sustainability through projects in Bolin Creek and at Wild Oak Lane. With the recent $220,000 award from the 319 Nonpoint Source Grant, we are set to launch a cost-share program to address water quality issues and nonpoint source pollution. Our focus on underserved areas, in collaboration with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, underscores our commitment to assisting low-income landowners with erosion-reducing practices. By implementing impervious removal, stormwater biofiltration systems, cisterns, grass swales, and rain gardens, we aim to foster a more resilient and sustainable urban environment for present and future generations.
This project was funded by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality through Section 319 of the Federal Clean Water Act, administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
