DUWC’S Stream and Wetland Assessment Management Park (SWAMP)  

 

PHASE TWO: 

STREAM RECONTOURING & FLOODPLAIN RE-ESTABLISHMENT

Goals:  Completion of this phase promoted overbank flooding during storm events, thereby re-establishing the hydrologic link between the stream and floodplain and fostering biogeochemical transformations of stormwater.

 

 

Photo of the re-contoured stream.  Compare the morphology of this section with the pre-restoration channel.

 

NEXT: Phase Three

Intro

Rationale

Dam & Impoundment

Stream & Floodplain

Stormwater Treatment

Education

Research