Project
Description
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Storm Water
Services is
restoring
approximately
11,000 linear
feet of Torrence
Creek Tributary
#1 from
Interstate 77 to
Bradford Hill
Lane in
Huntersville.
The project will
end where
Torrence Creek
Tributary #1
flows into
Torrence Creek.
This project
includes the
following
objectives:
- Stabilize and restore of 2 miles of stream
- Reduce sediment in the stream by approximately 1.6 million pounds per year
- Enhance the vegetated floodplain to reduce water pollution levels
- Improve water quality and aquatic habitat
This project
is important
because Torrence
Creek water shed
is a major
headwater
tributary to
McDowell Creek
which is
currently listed
on the 303(d)
list of impacted
streams and has
been identified
as impaired
waters by the
North Carolina
Division of
Water Quality.
In addition,
McDowell Creek
flows directly
to Mountain
Island Lake
which is the
major source of
potable/drinking
water in
Mecklenburg
County.
Click here
for the
Concept Design
Memorandum.
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