Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
Implementers
South Tahoe Public Utility District
Primary Contact
Donielle Morse (dmorse@stpud.us)
Stage
Completed
Duration
2013 - 2016
Watershed Restoration Program
Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
The purpose of the project is to protect existing force and gravity sewer mains and the Bellevue Pump Station from flooding and channel migration using an adaptive management approach and primarily vegetative techniques.
To close out the Adaptive Management Program for this project, final monitoring, including topographic, field hydrology, and vegetation surveys, were conducted in 2020 to demonstrate the changes in flow patterns resulting from the features installed to protect the District's utility easement. Findings from the final survey effort will be documented in a final AMP Technical Report to complete the regulatory reporting requirements for this project in 2021.
Key Accomplishments
Acres of SEZ Restored or Enhanced: 1 acres
Threshold Categories
No Threshold Categories provided
Photo of project displaying area of diverted/dewatered streamflow
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $735,000 (Estimated Cost: $735,000)
South Tahoe Public Utility D... (STPUD): $735,000
Photos
After
View east of the flood channel; Fill Hummock 1 (FH-1) and Fill Hummock 3 (FH-3) forming new channel embankment along right side of channel, Bellevue work area.
Main pilot channel flows entering Trout Creek, Bellevue work area.