Clayton County Water Authority’s Gateway Stream Restoration Project
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Sacco, Phillip
Holtzclaw, Emily
Zimmerman, Kim
Thomas, Mike
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Clayton County Water Authority (CCWA) has embarked on an innovative stream restoration program to restore streams in Clayton County, Georgia, located south of Atlanta. The first stream restoration project, the Gateway Project, is located in the Jesters Creek Watershed, within the Flint River Basin, one of the county’s most urban areas.
Natural fluvial geomorphic channel design methods were used to create approximately 2,150 feet of stable stream channel in East Jesters Creek. The restored and reshaped stable channel, with meander, is located within the floodplain and replaced the channelized and straightened reach that had been historically relocated along the base of a ridgeline. The project restored the stream segment based on the existing and anticipated future hydrologic conditions and included riffle and pool habitats for aquatic species and other wildlife. In the Rosgen classification system, this project is considered a Priority I restoration.
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Sponsored by:
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute
The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty
Date
2005-04
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