The NCSU Water Quality Group

The NCSU Water Quality Group hosted a multi-day tour of sites in Western North Carolina that use water quality Best Management Practices. The tour was open to all interested individuals, and was led by WQG project coordinators.

Mountain BMP Tour Picture Gallery Click on thumbnail to view larger picture

Overflow holding basin for pond
Constructed wetland to collect high flow from impervious surface runoff
Field above contructed wetland that buffers runoff and filters silt
To better observe river water quality BMPs, tour members canoed down a river and noted impacted areas and solution implementations
A highly erodable bank is reinforced by woody riparian vegetation
More bank reinforcement with woody vegetation
Look carefully and find a point-source of pollution discharge directly to the river
Areas in which animals, and especially cows, have access to the river are the most highly erodable
Tour members observe the installation of a rootwad bank reinforcement
A traditional engineering approach to water flow, using culverts and rock rip-rap
Underside of a bridge showing storm debris from a high-flow event

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