McKusick Road Improvement Sediment Reduction Project
Brown's Creek Watershed District and Washington County will work together to retrofit McKusick Road during a 2017 road improvement project. The project will install seven catch basin retrofits with separation devices, and three 40 foot x 5 foot diameter underground water quality tanks to trap sediment and floatables from the roadway. The primary goal is to provide water quality treatment for sediment reducing it by approximately 2 tons each year; however, the project also provides for future thermal reduction projects without future roadway disturbance by including the necessary connecting infrastructure stubbed to adjacent public land.
Nicole Clapp
This project is expected to reduce annual sediment loading to the Buffalo River by 32,712 tons, phosphorus loading by 21,083 lb/year, and offer a 24,322 lb/year reduction in nitrogen as well as decreased bacterial levels and increased soil health.
This project resulted in an estimated annual reduction of 8 lbs of phosphorus and 2 tons of sediment.
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