City of Lincoln’s Antelope Creek Watershed Basin Management Plan - Ed Kouma, PE - City of Lincoln and Jonathan Mohr, AICP - EA Engineering, Science, and Technology
The City of Lincoln (City) and Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) are working with a project team of scientists and engineers to establish the Antelope Creek Watershed Basin Management Plan (Basin Plan. The City has hired a team that includes EA Engineering, Science, and Technology (EA) located in Lincoln, JEO Consulting Group (JEO) in Lincoln, Wright Water Engineers (WWE) of Denver, and nationally recognized water quality expert, Dr. Robert Pitt from the University of Alabama, to establish the Basin Plan.
The City of Lincoln, working with the NRD, is continuing an ongoing effort to establish watershed master plans in order to plan for capital improvement projects. This Basin Plan differs from past plans by focusing on improving water quality, versus improvements to flood control and stream degradation and erosion. Extensive flood control and stream stability has mostly been addressed in the Basin Plan project area. The plan is intended to provide a list of projects at a concept level that will improve Antelope Creek, a highly urbanized area in the center of Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepared a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) in 2007 for Antelope Creek. This segment of Antelope Creek contains elevated levels of E. coli bacteria, ammonia, and other contaminants. The two main goals of the Basin Plan are to determine the cause of the E. coli and ammonia problems and determine what can be done to reduce levels of each contaminant.
Anticipated to be completed fall of 2011, the Basin Plan will identify problem areas and list recommendations for a number of structural and non-structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) designed to reduce pollutants in specific areas of the Basin. The plan will serve as a tool to both the City and LPSNRD to identify and manage stormwater quality issues as re-development takes place within the Basin.
Attendees will learn about the City of Lincoln’s efforts to improve water quality in Antelope Creek through pollutant sources identification, assessment of the TMDL, how capital improvement projects were selected and prioritized, and how they plan to implement stormwater management BMPs.
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