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North Farm Stormwater Management Pond

Purpose: This project funds the design and construction of a retrofit to an existing SWM facility in the Cabin John watershed, located within the North Farm community. This facility, currently a dry pond, will be converted to an extended detention marsh designed to provide quality control for the 22-acre drainage area. This facility was recommended for retrofit in the Cabin John Watershed Study. This facility provides a high level of pollutant removal and a low-to-moderate level of wildlife habitat. In addition, implementing this watershed improvement project supports Rockville's contribution to Maryland's voluntary C2K initiatives, as well as supports mandatory compliance with NPDES and TMDL requirements. Staff will work closely with the community in the concept-refinement phase to access project modifications that reduce the impact on the forest, and active and passive recreational areas. The focus will be to select a design and location that will provide sufficient stormwater control to arrest the active stream erosion, while minimizing the impact on the community's access to useable open space and minimizing tree loss.  This project will be deferred until the Cabin John Watershed Study, which is planned to begin in FY 2007, is updated.

First Appeared in Rockville's Capital Improvement Program: Fiscal Year 1996.

Staff Contact: Department of Public Works, Lise Soukup, Civil Engineer II, 240-314-8500.

Page updated: 20 September 2005