Project Location: Chevy Chase, MD
Problem: Stormwater runoff from Woodend, a 40-acre nature sanctuary in Chevy Chase, MD that serves as headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society, was impacting neighboring property and adding to pollution in nearby Rock Creek. Design challenges included the site’s historic registration, steep slope and existing mature trees.
Project location: Silver Spring, MD
Problem: The eastern portion of Batchellors Run, a tributary of the Anacostia River, was showing signs of significant degradation, with its streambanks destabilized and eroding.
Project Location: Bethesda, MD
Problem: Poorly-managed pet waste not only can be a nuisance to pedestrians but it also poses public health hazards (as it carries bacteria and parasites) and it is a source of water quality impairment due to its high nutrient content.
Project Location: Silver Spring, MD
Problem: Members of St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring noticed muddy brown water flowing across the church’s driveway and parking lot during heavy rains. Soil from nearby hillsides was being washed into storm drains and into the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River, and ultimately into the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
Project location: Silver Spring, MD
Problem: Breewood Stream receives most of its flow from four storm drains that convey stormwater runoff from surrounding neighborhoods. Flowing unmitigated into the creek, stormwater was eroding the streambanks and carrying pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers. In addition, Breewood Stream suffered from exposed sewer lines and fish passage blockages along its length.
Project location: Colesville, MD
Problem: Portions of Hollywood Branch, a tributary of the Anacostia River, were becoming severely eroded from stormwater during rain events, creating unsafe and unsightly conditions in addition to damaging water quality in the stream.
Project location: Silver Spring, MD
Problem: Sligo Park Hills, a neighborhood in Silver Spring, was experiencing severe flooding and erosion during rain events, with portions of speed bumps breaking away and washing down the street. Road debris, silt, and pollutants were washing into Sligo Creek, which feeds into the Anacostia River.
