Petite rivière aux Ormes
Dam and water intake for man-made pond
Waterfront property
Culvert on Alcida road
rush cutting on right bank
Man-made pond
PR Ormes 01
Friday, August 6, 2010
Issue:
The brook flows in a big field and crosses Alcida road with 2 culverts (1.05 m). A private road follows the brook upstream up to the headwater of the river. Property with short cut grass up to the riverbank on the left bank. Farm tractor is brush cutting very close to the stream along the banks. Man-made pond at the end of the property where the stream is blocked and diverted into the pond.
Action Required:
Landowner education on the importance of maintaining an adequate buffer zone on his property and the effects of a man-made pond on water quality. Restore the buffer zone by planting shrubs or by letting nature take its course by leaving a strip of untouched vegetation along the stream.
Update
July 5 2017
Dam and water intake for man-made pond
Dam and water intake for man-made pond
Man-made pond
Update:
The artificial pond is still present. The vegetation has resumes lives on the banks and the retention of water has improved. A follow-up is recommended.
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Negligible alteration |
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Minor alteration. Must follow site |
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Alteration with possibility of impact |
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Alteration with impact. Recommended intervention. |
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Full restoration |
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incomplete restoration or monitor |
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Restoration to be completed |