8.d1 Bliss Addition Stormwater PlanningBliss Addition Stormwater Planning
Scandia City Council
November 19th, 2019
Tim Olson, PE, CFM
Water Resources Project Manager
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Big Marine Lake
Bliss Addition
Study Background and Goals
•Improve water quality in Big Marine Lake
•High quality, deep water resource
•Minimally improving trend for total phosphorus
•328 shoreland parcels
•Mitigate routine surface flooding in Bliss Addition
•39-acre residential area
•Degrading roadside ditches
•Lost infiltration capacity
•Steep slopes
Public Engagement
•April 16 –2019: First public meeting, presented drainage
maps.
•August 20, 2019: Second public meeting, presented
preliminary best management practices.
Management Areas
•North and South
Management Areas
•Roadside ditches and
culverts
•Perennial stream
•No current treatment
Modified Infiltration Ditches
•Excavate 30”, sand/bioretention media
•6” perforated underdrain and control valve
•Native plants
Bioinfiltration Basin (Rain Garden)
•Depressed area, sand/bioretention media
•Larger footprint than infiltration ditch
•6” perforated underdrain and control valve
•Native plants
Heavy Sediment/Gross Solids Treatment
•Concrete paver bottom
•Riprap armored side slopes
•Slotted filter weir
North
Management Area
•Bioinfiltration basin, catch
basin on north end of
Larkspur/192nd
•Sediment/solids capture
area
•New 8” outlet to redirect
surface flow to wetland
•New storm outlet,
regrade street to direct
flow away from driveways
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South
Management Area
•Bioinfiltration basin,
outlet to wetland
•New catch basin across
189th to north, enhanced
infiltration ditches
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Project Results
•Increase small storm retention by 6,111 cubic feet
•Reduce total phosphorus by 9.9 lbs per year
•Reduce total suspend solids by 1,531 lbs per year
•Improve stormwater conveyance
•North Management Area ~ $330,000
•South Management Area ~ 103,000
Preliminary Cost Estimates
Thank you!
Questions? Discussion.