Thursday, October 22, 2009
Third Fork Creek watershed study begins Monday
Starting Monday, Durham city staff and contract engineers will be out in the Third Fork Creek watershed in southwest Durham to study the creek and help develop a clean-up and revitalization plan, the city announced today.
Third Fork Creek flows into New Hope Creek and Jordan Lake, the latter, of course, being the source of attention and lately because of a recent watershed rezoning that could allow for more intense development closer to the reservoir, which is a drinking water source for Chatham County and Cary. Jordan Lake already faces water-quality issues and estimates to improve the conditions and maintain water quality are in the millions of dollars. Read more about recent legislation involving mandates to clean up Jordan Lake >>
Crew members, who will be wearing orange vests for easy identification, plan to complete their field evaluation by the end of December. After the field work, the crew will prioritize potential improvement projects to include in the city's watershed plan, which it hopes to present in May 2011, the announcement said.
A map of the neighborhoods in the watershed assessment is available here.
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This is the creek that flows through my neighborhood and in it a constant source of litter flowing downstream. Forest Hills neighbors hold regular stream cleanups but more litter comes back with every rain storm-until the serious trash problem upstream is solved, there will continue to be garbage flowing downstream to Jordan lake. Good for the city for taking on this issue, but they are going to have their work cut out trying to educate/stop the litterers upstream closer to the city center.
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