Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration
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The document summarizes a stream restoration project along Paul Spring Branch in Fairfax County, Virginia. The project restored 550 feet of degraded stream channel using natural design techniques, reconnected the channel to its floodplain, stabilized the stream bed and banks with structures, and restored the site with native plants. The project is estimated to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads to the stream.
Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration
- 1. A Fairfax County, VA, publication Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Working for You! Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration Contract Number CN14316007 Project Number SD-000031-144 Task Order No. 26 Mount Vernon District February, 2016
- 2. PAUL SPRING BRANCH STREAM RESTORATION Capital Facilities/Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch
- 3. Project Details Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration Capital Facilities/Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch Description: The Paul Spring Branch project was substantially completed on September 10, 2015. The project consisted of the restoration of a highly degraded tributary using natural channel design techniques. Project Overview: • Restored 550 feet of stream channel using natural channel design techniques • Reconnection of the channel with its floodplain by raising the stream bed • Stabilization of the stream bed and banks, reduction of erosion through the installation of various in-stream structures to include: Log Sills, Rock Sills, Cross-Vanes, Step Pools and a Plunge Pool • Restoration of the site with native trees, herbaceous plants and grasses for improved buffer habitat • Reduction of 239 lbs of total nitrogen per year, 43 lbs of total phosphorus per year, and 6,000 lbs of sediment per year Project Team: • Stormwater Planning Division – Fred Wilkins • Urban Forest Management Division - Hugh Whitehead • Utilities Design and Construction Division (UDCD) - Dave Becker • Project Inspector, UDCD - Joseph Adzovie
- 4. Capital Facilities/ Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch 7509 Fort Hunt Road – Tax Map #93-4 Mount Vernon District Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration PROJECT SITE
- 5. Capital Facilities/Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration Pre-Construction
- 6. Capital Facilities/Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch Post Construction - View Looking Upstream Towards Headwall Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration
- 7. Capital Facilities/Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration Post Construction - View Looking Downstream at Channel Stabilization
- 8. Before After Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration Capital Facilities/ Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch
- 9. Additional Information For additional Information, please call www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes Paul Spring Branch Stream Restoration Capital Facilities/Utilities Design and Construction Division/Transportation and Stormwater Construction Branch Irene Haske, Public Information Officer 703-324-5821, TTY 711 SWPDmail@fairfaxcounty.gov