From press release:
Over the past two years RiverLink has been working to improve water quality in the Ross Creek Watershed, which flows through Chunns Cove, past Tunnel Road into Kenilworth, and eventually into the Swannanoa River. Grant funds to support this project have been received from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and Pigeon River Fund, along with significant participation from the impacted neighborhoods.
In 2013 RiverLink completed a stormwater wet swale at St. Luke’s Church on Chunns Cove Rd. This spring we have continued work in the Kenilworth neighborhood at the corner of Waverly Dr. and Lakewood Dr. We have just completed the stream restoration work. The restoration of this tributary of Ross Creek that flows through this property was critical to the protection of the constructed wetland, the property. This work will also assist in slowing the storm flows, sedimentation and protecting the stream banks from further erosion.
Over the next two months RiverLink will complete an in stream constructed wetland at the corner of Waverly and Lakewood to reduce sedimentation in Kenilworth Lake. If you have any questions or concerns about the project, please contact our Watershed Resources Manager, Nancy Watford at nancy@riverlink.org , or 828-252-8474 ext.14.
The Ross Creek Watershed covers a three-square-mile area including Chunns Cove, a large part of the Kenilworth community, and the commercial area along Tunnel Road from Beaucatcher Tunnel south to the Days Inn. It also includes the eastern slopes of Patton, Sunset, and Beaucatcher mountains as well as the western slopes of Randall Gap, Cisco Mountain, and Piney Mountain. Since 1995, Ross Creek has been designated as impaired, by the EPA and NCDENR Division of Water Quality. Stormwater best management practices (BMPs), stream enhancement and conservation of the stream riparian corridor will improve the water quality in Ross Creek, through reducing stormwater runoff and filtering runoff through soil prior to entering the stream.
For more information about how you can get involved: www.riverlink.org, information@riverlink.org or 252-8474.
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