Whiskey Creek Gully Stabilization Project
The Wilkin Soil and Water Conservation District will partner with the Buffalo Red River Watershed District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and landowners to install 59 side inlets to stabilize high priority gullies that are contributing sediment to Whiskey Creek. When these 59 gullies are stabilized, sediment loading to Whiskey Creek will be reduced by an estimated 1,006 tons per year and total phosphorus reduced by 794 pounds per year. The total sediment reduction associated with this project is 19% of the 5,175 tons per year goal set by the Total Maximum Daily Load for Whiskey Creek during high flows.
The Wilkin Soil and Water Conservation District will partner with the Buffalo Red River Watershed District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and landowners to install 59 grade stabilization structures (side inlets) to stabilize high priority gullies that are contributing sediment to Whiskey Creek. When these 59 gullies are stabilized, sediment loading to Whiskey Creek will be reduced by 1,006 tons/yr and total phosphorus reduced by 794 lbs/yr. The total sediment reduction associated with this project is 19.4 percent of the 5,175 tons/yr goal set by the TMDL for Whiskey Creek during high flows.
This project the "Whiskey Creek Gully Stabilization Project" is an outcome from a 2016 Clean Water Fund, Accelerated Implementation Grant (AIG). The 2016 AIG was used to begin a study of Whiskey Creek and to investigate what could be done to improve water quality, manage erosion, reduce sediment and enhance natural resources. Information from the study and recommended water quality best management practices (BMPs) are summarize in a document titled, Whiskey Creek Enhancement Project. Side inlet structures were identified in the document as a BMP that should be used to stabilize gullies and to ensure that future erosion does not occur.
The 2016 AIG identified a total of 207 gullies along the 19.3 mile long reach of Whiskey Creek (AUID-009020104-520). Houston Engineering ran the Stream Power Index (SPI) Tool and the Prioritize, Target and Measure Application (PTMapp) to determine the total sediment load from all 207 gullies which is 2,403 tons per year and 2,471 lbs per year of phosphorus. Each gully was also ranked from most sediment contributing to the least and grouped into High, Medium and Low categories. Ranking each gully identifies where side inlets would be most effective in reducing sediment and nutrient loadings. Our Whiskey Creek Gully Stabilization Project will target all 59 gullies that were identified as high priority.
Annie Felix-Gerth
(b) $6,882,000 the first year and $12,618,000 the second year are for grants to protect and restore surface water and drinking water; to keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect groundwater and drinking water, including feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage treatment system projects and stream bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization projects. The projects must use practices demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, include a match, and be consistent with total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local water management plans or their equivalents. A portion of these funds may be used to seek administrative efficiencies through shared resources by multiple local governmental units.
The 59 structures reduce sediment by 1,006 tons/year and total phosphorus by 794 lbs/yr. This is 19.4% of the TMDL goal 5,175 tons/yr . Stabilizing the top 59 gullies equals 40% of the sediment and 32% of the phosphorus loads from all 207 gullies.
Grant funds funded this project to reduce 1,006.00 Tons/Yr of Sediment (Tss) and 794.00 Lbs/Yr of Phosphorus (Est. Reduction).
LOCAL LEVERAGED FUNDS