Petronila Wetlands

Summary

This project is a step towards the ultimate goal of constructing a Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and green stormwater infrastructure that would enhance treatment capacity of effluent and nonpoint source stormwater contaminants emanating from wastewater, agriculture, and wildlife to ultimately reduce the amount of nutrients and bacteria flowing into the Baffin Bay watershed. This initiative is aimed at mitigating future environmental and economic damage from increasing stormwater that is inevitable given the age of the infrastructure and the limitations on local governments staffing and funding capacity.

An engineer will be hired to complete an environmental assessment, engineering designs, and obtain required federal, state, and local permitting and environmental clearances for multiple wetland cells, and public access facilities and features; and 3) obtain required federal, state, and local permitting, consultations, and environmental clearances for future construction and discharge activities of wetland cells on the property. This project leverages existing regional partnerships through multi-faceted efforts to improve water quality conditions in Baffin and Oso Bay and the feeding streams of Petronila Creek, San Fernando Creek, and Oso Creek.