Goose Creek Watershed Management Plan Version - Charlotte ...

Goose Creek Watershed Management Plan Version 1...………………...October 31, 2009
4.3 Fecal Coliform Assessment
As described earlier in this document, a WQRP for the Goose Creek Watershed was
initiated after receipt of the August 10, 2006 letter from NC DENR. A part of the WQRP
was to catalog the storm water outfalls in the watershed. In order to satisfy the
requirements of this inventory, all streams draining more than 50 acres were walked by
MCWQP personnel. A part of the walk was to visually inspect the channel and buffer
areas for evidence of fecal coliform discharges and to collect stream and end of pipe
samples to be analyzed for fecal coliform. The results of the stream walks can be found
in the MCWQP, 2007. In addition to the stream walks, the WQRP requires monitoring of
storm drain outfalls, in stream monitoring and associated follow-up activities. These
activities are outlined in MCWQP, 2009. Currently, the MCWQP has teamed with the
Mecklenburg County Ground Water and Waste Water Program to evaluate septic systems
in the watershed. At the time of writing of this plan a pilot study had been completed on
a small area of the watershed. Approximately 180 inspections were conducted and 5
systems were found to be failing. Based upon these results the pilot study will be
expanded throughout the Goose Creek Watershed in Mecklenburg County and is
expected to be completed by the end of FY2011.
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