Stormwater Ponds | Clementi Environmental Consulting https://www.clementi-ec.com Environmental consultant Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:18:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.14 Stormwater Ponds https://www.clementi-ec.com/stormwater-ponds-1/ https://www.clementi-ec.com/stormwater-ponds-1/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:21:45 +0000 https://www.clementi-ec.com/?p=910 A Tampa paper recently published an editorial about the beauty and importance of storm water ponds.  While the ponds can be beautiful and are important for storm water treatment, these ponds were not intended to be wildlife habitat nor recreational water bodies.  Storm water ponds are mini-waste water treatment plants.  The sediments can be laden with heavy […]

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]]> Stormwater pondsA Tampa paper recently published an editorial about the beauty and importance of storm water ponds.  While the ponds can be beautiful and are important for storm water treatment, these ponds were not intended to be wildlife habitat nor recreational water bodies.  Storm water ponds are mini-waste water treatment plants.  The sediments can be laden with heavy metals and the water column saturated with phosphate or nitrogen and other soluble elements from the operation of our vehicles.  The unintended consequence of the ponds is the use of these features to enhance the value of homes (water front) and the use by wildlife especially alligators.  Please remember that fish in these ponds may have lead, cadmium and mercury in their tissue and should not be eaten.  We all need to be careful about our expectations of the visual quality of the storm water ponds.  The runoff from our yards and streets carries all types of chemicals to the ponds that contribute to algal blooms and the growth of non-native plants.  Imagine the non-stop influx of nutrients and that the algae is “designed” to eat it up.

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]]> https://www.clementi-ec.com/stormwater-ponds-1/feed/ 0 Stormwater Issues 101 https://www.clementi-ec.com/stormwater-issues-101/ https://www.clementi-ec.com/stormwater-issues-101/#respond Mon, 02 May 2011 15:00:35 +0000 https://www.clementi-ec.com/wp/?p=305 The greatest source of pollution to our waters is from stormwater runoff. You are going to hear a lot about that in the weeks to come. We will have to do a better job maintaining the stormwater treatment systems like we do for our other utilities. It is time to re-think how we landscape; i.e., […]

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]]> The greatest source of pollution to our waters is from stormwater runoff. You are going to hear a lot about that in the weeks to come. We will have to do a better job maintaining the stormwater treatment systems like we do for our other utilities. It is time to re-think how we landscape; i.e., reduce the amount of sod used, choose sods that require little fertilization and don’t require sprinkler systems and capture stormwater for future irrigation. If we do not start building stormwater systems with this in mind, when we will get started? So much water is wasted and sent to the waste water treatment plants. Not all this water needs to leave the house or business. We need dual plumbing in the buildings; we need to be prepared to accept gray water even if it is not available now. What are you prepared to do for your part?

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