![]() The stream restoration project used Natural Channel Stream Design (NCD) practices over a 1.7 mile stretch of stream on District property. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA completed a restoration project for the Watts Branch tributary of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC from Southern Avenue to Minnesota Ave. The District Department of the Environment, the U.S. Two large LID retrofits on M Place in Southeast DC treat stormwater runoff from the street prior to it entering nearby Pope Branch. The RSC installations will reduce erosion and decrease pollutants reaching Pope Branch and the Anacostia River by slowing down and infiltrating stormwater runoff from streets along Pope Branch.This project was implemented using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding and was a partnership between DDOE and the District Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). A regenerative stormwater conveyance (RSC), also known as a coastal plain outfall, is a specialized type of low impact development technique that uses stream restoration techniques to create a dependable open channel conveyance with pools and riffle-weir grade controls to create a system of physical features, chemical processes, and biological mechanisms that greatly reduce erosive forces and positively impact the ecology of a drainage area. ![]() ![]() Pope Branch Regenerative Stormwater Conveyances:Īt three different locations DDOE installed regenerative stormwater conveyances to help catch and filter stormwater run-off from the streets that drain into the Pope Branch tributary of the Anacostia River. It is hoped that DDOT and DC Water will adopt these techniques in future roadway and storm sewer upgrades that are adjacent to or drain onto NPS land or open space. These projects are a unique partnership between the District and the National Park Service (NPS) to control stormwater from District lands while restoring intermittent streams on NPS land. The RSC installations will reduce erosion and decrease pollutants reaching Rock Creek by slowing down and infiltrating stormwater runoff from Oregon Avenue. The purpose of these two restoration projects is to demonstrate the effectiveness of regenerative stormwater conveyances by installing a series of them along Oregon Avenue in Northwest D.C. Bingham Run and Milkhouse Ford Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance Projects:
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