- NEWS RELEASE
- February 26, 2007
Storm
Water District Receives ACEC Award
- Trenton
Area Storm Water Management Project
- "Storm
Water Management in the Jackson Ditch Watershed"
The 7,600
inhabitants of the Jackson Ditch Watershed in Butler County have
added incentive to live and work in an environmentally conscious
manner because their water supply is a closed-loop system. Their
water comes from the Great Miami River Buried Valley Aquifer
and their land is drained by the Jackson Ditch, a four-mile-long
channel that has no natural outlet. Storm water in the ditch
soaks into the ground and back into the aquifer.
In order
to protect the aquifer in the face of continued development,
the Butler County Storm Water District commissioned Fuller, Mossbarger,
Scott & May Engineers, Inc. (FMSM) to develop a storm water
management plan for the watershed. The firm created a series
of hypothetical land use models which demonstrated that the future
quality and quantity of water in the watershed is a function
of land use. The final plan provides practical recommendations
for storm water management that will protect the aquifer from
pollution and minimize the flooding that might otherwise result
from development.
For these
efforts, the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
presented an award to the Butler County Storm Water District
and FMSMon February 22, 2007 in Columbus. The ACEC Award Ceremony
recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate a
high degree of achievement, value, and ingenuity.
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