Trout Stream Restoration
Trout Stream Restoration & Water Resuse
The Oak Glen Golf Course Stream Restoration addressed a highly manicured reach of Brown's Creek located within a public golf course that had become excessively wide and shallow. Water quality monitoring indicated that anthropogenic changes caused a substantial warming of this cold-water fishery. The stream restoration enhanced wildlife habitat, reduced in-stream warming, improved course aesthetics, while still satisfying the strict playability standards of the golf course. EOR's Team included staff who contributed to various aspects of the project, including:
- graphic designers created interpretive signage and educational campaigns;
- hydrologists performed temperature modeling (SSTEMP) calculations;
- landscape architects and fluvial geomorphologists collaborated with golf course staff to achieve water quality goals while also enhancing the play of the course.
Client Benefits
- Recognized as one of the first field applications of temperature modeling.
- Assisted in the acquisition of over $250,000 in grant funds.
- Garnered buy-in from course owner, management and superintendent.
- Project estimated to reduce mean temperature by 0.5° F and the maximum temperature by 6° F.
- Received 2020 Water Quality Award from the Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- Received 2020 Integrated Resources Mgmt. Award from the American Water Resources Assoc. (AWRA)
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