Fairhope
Volanta Watershed Planning and Stormwater Improvements
PURPOSE
The purpose of this project is to study the Volanta Gulley Watershed in the City of Fairhope and develop and implement low impact stormwater management projects and practices throughout. Fairhope's increase in population over the past decade, combined with an average rainfall of over sixty-five inches per year, results inincreased nonpoint source pollution in the nearby creeks and streams which empty into Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The solution is to create stormwater management projects and practices that allieviate this problem.
Fairhope’s Gullies are natural resources of historical and biological significance to the community.
They suffer from exotic invasive plants, increased storm water flow, and erosion.