The purpose of this project was to improve runoff from 17.4 acres of the University of Houston-Clear Lake campus by creating a storm water treatment wetland and installing a solar pump wetland treatment system. The goal was to alleviate water quality impairments due to elevated bacteria and decreased dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Armand Armand Bayou is currently listed as impaired due to elevated levels of bacteria and suppressed levels of dissolved oxygen. The bayou is currently being evaluated to determine if a bacteria TMDL is warranted from an initial listing in 1998. study was initiated in 1998 following an impairment listing in 1996, but it could not be determined, based on the data collected and watershed modeling, if the suppressed dissolved oxygen was from pollutant loadings or a naturally occurring hydrologic problem. To address these identified problems, this project implemented two water quality implementation projects (WQIP): 1) a constructed wetland to treat storm water and 2) a water solar

pump wetland system to treat water withdrawn from an impaired water body. were constructed on property owned by the University of Houston-Clear Lake and treat storm water runoff entering Horsepen Bayou, a tributary to Armand Bayou, which is currently impaired from elevated levels of bacteria and decreased dissolved oxygenRunoff from approximately 17.4 acres of university property including heavily used parking lots, roads and university buildings have been routed through this newly constructed wetland built within an existing 0.62 acre detention pond. The new wetland was constructed by widening the existing pond and creating more shallow areas for the establishment of freshwater wetland plants. A variety of wetland plants were utilized and the target pollutant reductions included indicator bacteria and The second WQIP investigated the feasibility of treating water from Horsepen Bayou, subsequently improving the overall water quality in the bayou.

A solar pump was used to pump water from Horsepen Bayou, upstream of the treatment wetland, through the wetland prior to returning to the bayou downstream. In addition to treating storm water and ambient water, this system provides additional wetland habitat for native fish and wildlife including wading birds. was made possible through funding from the EPA CWA section 320 grant program and state general revenue funds provided by the TCEQ Galveston Bay Estuary Program. Guillen, G., Mokrech, M., Oakley, J., Moss, A. 2014. Armand Bayou Water Quality Improvement Grant: UHCL Created Stormwater Treatment Wetland. Final Report to Galveston Bay Estuary Program. Smith-Root shared a link.Kiwi Electrofishing ClassSmith-RootWhen your daily work mimics nature: Crank up your Bell & Howell projector and enjoy this blast from the past.Electric Eel : Moody Institute of Science. Part 1 of 2See allSmith-Root shared a link.New Fish Guidance System Commissioned in ItalySmith-RootApparently the birds are trying to learn how to electrofish.

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Smith-Root added a new photo.Smith-RootWith Halloween a little over a month away, it is never too early to start making your very own Smith-Root GPP Electrofishing boat costume!Smith-RootLamprey, trout, stickleback, sculpin, bass, catfish, crayfish, and tadpoles are some of the organisms we sampled yesterday during the Electrofishing Principles class. Congratulations to the newest group of Certified Electrofishers.Smith-RootThe calm before the storm. Patrick Cooney will be teaching and certifying another great group of scientists from around the globe in the principles of Electrofishing.Smith-Root shared a link.Evaluating New Electro-immobilization Settings to Enhance Fish WelfareSmith-RootIt is always wonderful to see good people helping the environment. Do you have any articles to share of people doing good work for streams and rivers (even if it doesn't involve electrofishing)?Returning Clear Creek's curvesSmith-RootShow us your photos! You still have until TOMORROW [9/16] to enter our photo contest & win an Electric Fish Handling Glove combo!2016 Photo ContestSmith-RootYIKES!

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