2023 - CENTER POINT Urban Water Quality Initiative Project
Project Partners
City of Center Point
Grant award: $350,000 - WQI
Total project: $1,121,905
Applicant/Partner Contributions: $771,905
Summary
A wetland provides stormwater management for a new development area along Mustang Lane. Several bioretention cells and permeable paver areas in Fross Park were also implemented. These practices will improve water quality in the East Branch Blue Creek watershed and the Cedar River.
Description
This project improves water quality of the East Branch Blue Creek and Cedar River Watersheds in Center Point. Another goal of the project is to engage and inspire the Center Point community to install stormwater management practices.
The Mustang Lane stormwater wetland uses a multi-stage outlet to fully address the unified sizing criteria in a newly developed multi-family and commercial 21.5-acre watershed. Every storm event between the 1.25 inch and the 100- year storm event is treated and managed by the wetland before being released. This is the highest standard that an urban stormwater wetland can meet.
A treatment train of permeable pavement, bioretention cells, and native plantings are featured in Fross Park’s three different parking lots. Fross Park is a 50-acre public park containing sport fields and courts, pavilions, playgrounds, gardens, disc golf, splash pad, skate park, and a walking trail.
Center Point also received sponsored project dollars for this project.
Project Status:
Completed
Practices:
Mustang Lane: 1.8- acre Stormwater Wetland on Mustang Lane including pre-treatment sediment forebay and 2 acres of native seeding.
Fross Park: This project involves all three parking lots within the park. Bioretention cells, permeable pavement, and native landscaping were installed.
3021 square feet of bioretention cells; 17,206 square feet of permeable pavement; 13, 650 live prairie forbs and grasses.
