Soque River Watershed

Soque River Watershed

303(d) stream segments in red

Soque Partnership

Over 15 institutional partners – and hundreds of individual partners (started 10

years ago)

BACTERIA, SEDIMENT and STORMWATER

Partnership addresses 3 causes of impairment

Bacteria Hot spot ID

Farm Projects address bacteria

But also address other non-point source pollutants

Stormwater

Both quality and quantity

Excessive sediment&

From uplands, streambanks

and roads

Urban Stormwater Reduction/TreatmentUsing Bioretention

Grassed Swale Bioswale

Curbless drainage into Bioretention

Enhanced swale

Innovative stormwater features@ New Judicial Center

Pocket Wetland (dry in this photo)

Dirt Road Maintenance

Technique : • Outward Sloping Road• No inside ditches• Coweeta Bumps (shed water from

road)• Also known as water bars

UPLAND StabilizationUsing MULCH and TREES

Level Grove Elementary

RIPARIAN StabilizationUsing Streambank Restoration

February, 2011

August 25, 2012

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