319 Grant Update - Ashley Street Bioswale Done!

 

Construction of the bioswale on Ashely Street is complete, just in time for a rainfall event!

What’s the difference between the before and after?  It’s all in what you DON’T see.  Much of the existing materials were excavated and replaced with an engineered soil mix.  The soil mix will filter the stormwater runoff from smaller storms, removing sediment, oil, grease, and excess nutrients.  Most of our rainfall events are smaller storms, therefore most of the runoff will be treated.  Runoff from large events will flow into the area inlet.  Native grass seed was sown in the bioswale.  Native grasses are more suited to the Missouri weather extremes.  Additionally, native grasses tend to be more deeply rooted encouraging infiltration and filtration of the runoff. 

BEFORE - Bioswale on Ashley Street prior to reconstruction

Excavation of existing material and reconstruction of area inlet.

Public Works Stormwater Crew placing rock in flowline on top of engineered soil mix.

AFTER - Bioswale on Ashley upon completion.

 We'll post more photos when the grass comes in!

 US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, has provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. (G11-NPS-12).

GREASE!

What does your favorite restaurant do with their used grease? 

They put it here - in a grease trap.

What happens when the restaurant employee, tired from a long night, walks out to the grease trap, in the rain, to find the lid open or grease trap full?

A BIIIG  MESS!

Grease overflowing this grease trap went down the alley into the storm drain and into Flat Branch Park.  YUCK!

We encourage all business owners to become educated and educate their employees about proper disposal of grease and trash.  Otherwise, their business ends up in our creeks and creates an unsightly and SMELLY! mess that is a health risk to us all.

City crews spent many man-hours cleaning up this mess.

Hey Columbia, it's easy to be clean!  Kostelac Grease Service empties the grease traps on a monthly schedule - for FREE! If the grease trap gets full before that, CALL and they are on site within 24 hours!  The number is right on the container.  Help keep our City clean and do the right thing, put grease in the grease trap and trash in the dumpster.