Community Watershed Alliance
of the Middle San Pedro Valley
Title 319 Grant Award

 

an evolving team of stakeholders
 working together to promote
the sustainable health of
our watershed.
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IMPROVING
WATER
QUALITY

   

West of Highway 80, between
Benson and St. David, Arizona

 
  A one-inch rain event transports over seven inches of sediment to the San Pedro River which is less than a mile away.  
CWA, Partners, Volunteers, and eight Property Owners are working together to restore 190 acres by implementing Best Management Practices.

Grade Stabilization
structures on upland
parcels will reduce
sediment transport by
over 28 tons annually.

      
     
 


MADE POSSIBLE BY ADEQ

 


  GRANT FUNDS: $ 27,033    MATCH FUNDS: $18,376

 
 

          ON THE GROUND                PROJECTS

  • Construct 350' bank stabilization
  • Replace undersized culvert
  • Construct over 150 grade stabilization structures such as loose rock check dams, gully plugs, and gabion baskets.

  

ON SITE TRAINING
BE A VOLUNTEER

        FOUR WORKSHOPS

  • Orientation and Surface Water Rights
  • Constructing loose rock check dams
  • Building gabion baskets, and identifying reseeding opportunities
  • Neighborhood strategies for maintaining dirt roads.
  
Gully Plugs will stop head cuts of 3-foot deep gullies from advancing 2 feet up slope with every one-inch rain event.



GRANT COMPLETED FEB. 2009

SEE PICTORIAL SUMMARIES OF A GREAT LEARNING LAB SESSIONS!

Pictorial Overview --- Gabion Basket Construction --- Road Drainange Interventions --- Final Field Day