Stoney Creek
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your storm water fees at work
June 2009
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services will be working
throughout the Upper Stoney Creek drainage basin to
reduce water pollution and restore the aquatic habitat by
implementing stream restoration techniques. Currently, the
Upper Stoney Creek Stream Restoration Project is in Final
Design Phase.
It’s important to keep our water clean since streams
ultimately drain to the lakes providing our drinking water.
The chosen design of this stream restoration will increase
and protect the natural plant area, impeding storm water
pollution because of additional impervious area due to rapid
land development growth. The natural plant area will filter
and absorb pollutants from storm water run-off, enhance the
floodplain by returning it to a more natural meandering state
and stabilize the eroded stream banks. The latter technique
will decrease sediment in the stream which is known to be
unhealthy for aquatic life.
For more information about this project and schedule, please
visit our website at http://stormwater.charmeck.org and
click on Storm Water Projects, Storm Water Projects again,
then Stoney Creek.
The next steps for this project will be finalization of the
construction documents, requesting construction bids,
awarding the construction contract and construction.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact
the Project Manager, Danée McGee at 704-336-4102 or
email dmcgee@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
Don’t Let Washing Your Car
Hurt Our Environment!
All of the storm drains in CharlotteMecklenburg flow directly to our
lakes and streams. Dirty, soapy water
from washing your car can pollute our
surface waters.
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One gallon of liquid soap will
pollute 200,000 gallons of water.
Consider washing your car on a
grassy area. Or better yet, take
your car to a professional car washing center.
Don’t let soap suds go down the storm drain.
Remember, only rain goes down the storm drain!
For more information
visit us on the web at
http://stormwater.charmeck.org
and click on Pollution Prevention
Engineering & Property Management
Storm Water Services Division
600 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202