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Description:
Author(s):
Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.
Title:
Addressing stormwater runoff impacts to coral reefs in La Parguera, Puerto Rico
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Place:
Ellicott City, MD
Institution:
Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.
Page(s):
5
Type Period Note:
Final Programmatic Report, 4/15/2010 - 8/30/2012
Abstract:
"Implement a stormwater plan and demonstration project in a coastal town where coral reefs are impacted by runoff. Capacity will be built by incorporating university students and the public into the design. Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. (CWP) staff facilitated a design charette with landscape architectural faculty and students from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PURP) and members from the community and spent three days in the field screening 39 sites to determine their potential for stormwater retrofitting. The sites were then ranked on the basis of water quality benefit, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) removal potential, cost, educational benefit, land ownership and local support. The top three candidate sites were chosen and design concepts prepared based on feedback from the charette. Using the field data, CWP contracted with PURP students to develop a Green Infrastructure Plan (GI Plan) for the Town of Parguera. In June, 2011 CWP staff traveled to La Parguera to scope-out the Mangrove Restoration project (site E5) that was identified in the GI Plan but funded by a grant received by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation. This site, which is also included in the GI Plan (site E1/E3), could treat runoff from a municipal parking lot and upstream drainage from a storm outfall. Because of its proximity to the planned Mangrove Restoration, there would be synergies and cost savings by constructing both projects together. While we were not successful in bringing the project to construction, the development of the GI Plan, the stormwater retrofit field screening, and public outreach were important outcomes which will help meet the ultimate goal to restore the off-shore reef system."
Keywords:
Gulf of America
Electronic Access:
Notes:
Funded by NOAA CRCP grant NA10NOS4630103 and NFWF/Legacy Grant Project ID: 0302.10.021725
Grant Number(s):
NA10NOS4630103
NFWF 0302.10.021725
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