New Washington Stormwater Wetland/Greenway Project Photo Gallery

Washington's Urban Stormwater Wetland Project involved overhauling an existing stormwater drainage system in order to divert dirty runoff from a 96-acre urban area. The water now flows into a five-acre man-made wetland, where natural processes will remove pollution from the run-off before it is released into the Pamlico River.
The project was dedicated on June 21,2002.

Official ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the new Washington waterfront.

Clean Water Management Trust Fund Trustee Leroy Smith, along with Deputy Director Francine Durso and Field Representative Damon Tatem cut the ribbon officially opening the new boardwalk.

 

The new boardwalk bordering the constructed wetlands area.

The new boardwalk rings the constructed stormwater wetland, which will remove pollutants from the stormwater before it flows into the Pamlico River.

This photo shows where collected stormwater run-off will be emptied into the wetland and cleaned naturally before flowing into the river.

The influent for the contructed stormwater wetland, where collected stormwater running off of downtown streets will empty into the wetland area.

 

Another view of the wetland and boardwalk.

The five-acre wetland features deep and shallow pools connected by channels and planted with 20,000 indigenous wetland plants, shrubs and trees.

 

 

The wetland provides new habitat for waterfoul and aquatic animals.

In the weeks since plantings were completed in Spring 2002, wildfowl and other aquatic life already have established habitat in the wetland.

 

Additional Resources:

Washington Waterfront Fact Sheet

City of Washington Official Web Site

Information on Constructed Wetlands from the US EPA

Other CWMTF Constructed Wetlands Projects: City of Goldsboro

 

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