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Description:
Title:
NOAA ARRA USVI Watershed Stabilization Project : Coral Bay Watershed Management Project, Carolina Valley drainage improvements
Alternate Title:
NOAA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Coral Bay Watershed Management Project
Carolina Valley drainage improvements
Author(s):
Reed, Patricia
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Virgin Islands Resource Conservation & Development Council
Coral Bay Community Council
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Virgin Islands Resource Conservation & Development Council
Coral Bay Community Council
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2012
Abstract:
The Carolina Valley Watershed contains one primary ghut (Main Ghut) and several other runoff pathways that drain a large uphill area with residential neighborhoods scattered across steep hillsides and accessed primarily by unpaved roads. Development and poor stormwater management has resulted in greater sediment and stormwater flows into the bay from this watershed. These actions plus erosion from unpaved roads have increased sedimentation (Photo 1). The goals of the five projects in this watershed are to build both a bioretention pond and a sediment retention basin to capture and control sediment-laden flows, stabilize three unpaved road areas, and implement other stormwater best management practices (BMPs); thereby reducing sediment entering Coral Bay"--Executive summary.
Keywords:
Coral reef conservation
Coral reefs and islands
Effect of human beings on
Effect of water pollution on
Environmental aspects
Management
Marine habitats
Sewage
Storm sewers
Watersheds
Place Keywords:
United States Virgin Islands
Saint John
Local Corporate Name:
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Professional Paper
Note:
The Carolina Valley Watershed contains one primary ghut (Main Ghut) and several other runoff pathways that drain a large uphill area with residential neighborhoods scattered across steep hillsides and accessed primarily by unpaved roads. Development and poor stormwater management has resulted in greater sediment and stormwater flows into the bay from this watershed. These actions plus erosion from unpaved roads have increased sedimentation (Photo 1). The goals of the five projects in this watershed are to build both a bioretention pond and a sediment retention basin to capture and control sediment-laden flows, stabilize three unpaved road areas, and implement other stormwater best management practices (BMPs); thereby reducing sediment entering Coral Bay"--Executive summary.
2012
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1858
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