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The goal of this project is to improve water quality in the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers for the benefit of District residents, visitors, wildlife, and the environment, while providing high quality outdoor recreational space and facilities for children and adults to learn, play, and connect with nature. A further goal of the project is to reduce the stormwater pollutants that enter the local waters of the District (i.e. rivers, streams, estuaries,) as required under the applicable EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the District’s municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4).
The Dwight A. Mosley Sports Complex/Taft Recreation Center is located at 20th and Otis Street, NE Washington, DC, 20018. This 9-acre property is in the Anacostia River Watershed with 1.9 acres of impervious cover in the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4). This project involves the mitigation of the impervious cover on the site. Possible solutions may include creation of one or more bioretention system(s) that would treat drainage coming from the tennis courts and basketball courts. A Bioretention is a vegetated stormwater management system that mimics the natural environment to reduce stormwater volumes and pollutants for the purpose of restoring our streams and rivers.
A bioretention provides the following benefits:
- Reduces stormwater runoff
- Slows stormwater flows
- Removes stormwater pollutants
- Provides habitat for birds, bees, and other pollinators
- Increases biodiversity
- Improves air quality
- Reduces air temperatures
By capturing stormwater and by treating the pollutants stormwater carries, a bioretention helps protect and restore our streams and rivers.
Project Status: Beginning design phase
- Public Meeting - April 4 - View Meeting Flyer
- DPR III Stormwater Retrofit Project - Public Meeting Recording (4.4.24)
- DPR III Stormwater Retrofit Project - Public Meeting Recording (10.26.2023)
More information: Check back here often for updates as the project progresses. For questions or more information about this project, please contact: [email protected].
