Description The City of South Burlington Stormwater Utility received a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation to install an underground Stormwater treatment practice at the end of Deane Street. The project includes the design and construction of a stormwater infiltration basin within the City right-of-way (ROW) and drainage infrastructure to provide treatment of stormwater … Continue reading “Deane Street”
Description There are a series of seven stormwater ponds that manage runoff generated by Kennedy Drive. The City worked with an engineer to design improvements to these ponds, so that they can treat additional runoff that currently bypasses the ponds untreated, as well as upgrading select ponds to subsurface gravel wetlands to enhance the phosphorous … Continue reading “Kennedy Drive Pond 3”
Description The City of South Burlington Stormwater Utility received a grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation to install an underground Stormwater infiltration practice in the footprint of Picard Circle. The project included the design and construction of a stormwater infiltration basin within the City right-of-way (ROW) and drainage infrastructure to allow for the treatment … Continue reading “Picard Circle”
Location Quarry Ridge Neighborhood, South Burlington, Vermont Project Description In 2015, the city received a grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) to assess performance of floating treatment wetlands (FTW) in Vermont. The project began with a year of background study to assess the baseline pollutant loading. The following year, eight small FTWs were … Continue reading “Quarry Ridge Pond Monitoring Project”
Problem The area surrounding Williston Road in South Burlington was developed prior to regulations requiring the treatment of stormwater runoff. As a result, the stormwater generated by the homes, businesses and roads in this area are collected by a closed pipe drainage system and discharged untreated to Potash Brook. Description Williston Road and the surrounding development … Continue reading “Commerce Square Stormwater Pond Improvements”
Market Street is now open! Location Market Street in South Burlington. Project Description The previous culvert that carried Tributary 3 of Potash Brook under Market Street was undersized relative to it’s upstream drainage area. Culverts that are undersized can cause flooding and property damage during high flow events. They can also cause scour and erosion … Continue reading “Market Street Culvert Replacement”
In order to comply with Section IV.C.1e(7)(a) of the MS4 General Permit, we have partnered with other MS4s in the area to monitor stream flows and precipitation in stormwater impaired watersheds. This project is being completed by Stone Environmental and Fitzgerald Environmental Associates, in partnership with Vermont DEC. The project covers 9 stormwater impaired watersheds in Chittenden … Continue reading “Stream Monitoring”
Problem Bartlett Brook is one of five stormwater impaired waterbodies in South Burlington. Portions of the stream located downstream of Pheasant Way, Quail Run, Keari Lane, and Bay Crest Drive have experienced significant erosion from uncontrolled stormwater runoff. The City is in the process of designing and constructing projects with the potential to reduce flows in Bartlett … Continue reading “Bartlett Brook Central Stormwater Gravel Wetland”
What is a Flow Restoration Plan? As a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) community, the City of South Burlington is required to create Flow Restoration Plans (FRPs) for all stormwater impaired watersheds within it’s boundaries. Stormwater Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) documents were previously completed by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). These documents … Continue reading “Flow Restoration Plans”
Description Tributary 7 of Potash Brook flows through the Butler Farms and Oak Creek Village (OCV) neighborhoods. The brook passes beneath City streets via culverts in four locations before flowing into the Wheeler Nature Park located to the north of the neighborhood. The OCV Culvert Replacement project involved replacing the two existing culverts on Moss … Continue reading “Oak Creek Village Culvert Replacement”
