Quickfacts:
- Objectives of the restoration project were to:
- Increase Streamflow: Removal of debris, vegetation, and stabilizing areas will improve water movement and water quality.
- Protection From Erosion & Flooding: Eroded streambanks are one of the biggest pollutant contributors in these areas.
- Improve Aquatic & Terrestrial Habitat: Bioengineered techniques such as increased substrate and in-stream cover, additional woody debris, and reduced water temperature by increasing stream shading will help to improve conditions.
June 2024 – Present
The Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP) project aims to distribute funds for stream repair at three locations:
(1) The Unnamed Tributary to Little Lick Creek location stabilized approximately 150 linear feet of the existing stream to protect both the Charlestowne Apartments infrastructure and a City of Durham sanitary sewer line by using techniques such as channel realignment and incorporation of in-stream grade control structures to ensure significant nutrient and sediment reductions.
(2) The Eagle/Honeycut Stream location constructed ~4,400 linear feet of stream restoration on sediment-impaired unnamed tributaries to Ellerbe Creek by instream & habitat structures such as jhooks and riparian plantings.
(3) The Great Alamance Creek location removed the vegetative debris piles in this area that were blocking flow across more than 75% of the width of the creek.
Location:
- Charlestowne Apartments Stream Stabilization: Unnamed Tributary to Little Lick Creek, Durham County, NC
- Eagle/Honeycut Stream Restoration, Ellerbe Creek, Neuse River Basin, Durham County, NC
- Multiple locations along Great Alamance Creek near Swepsonville and Rock Creek at Cedarock Park, Alamance County, NC
Partners:
- North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Backwater Construction
Funding: $500,000
- Soil and Water Conservation Commission – $500,000.00
- In Kind Matching Funds:
- Charlestowne – $125,000.00
- Eagle/Honeycutt – $706,000.00