Lakewood Stormwater Management

Purpose: This project funds the retrofit of an existing SWM facility on the Lakewood Country Club Golf Course, in the lower Watts Branch watershed, and includes modernizing the pond to provide full channel protection storage (one-year, 24-hour extended detention) and full water quality storage. This SWM improvement is recommended in the Watts Branch Watershed Study. 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 tree loss.

First Appeared in Rockville's Capital Improvement Program: Fiscal Year 2005.

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

Page updated: 5 February 2008