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North Branch Hall's Creek |
Map: - see Hall's Creek watershed map
Water quality highlights for North Branch Halls Creek
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Principal Water Quality Influences |
Water Test Highlights 1997-2001 |
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Upstream from TCH
(PWMG 28) |
old quarry, water main leaks, McLaughlin reservoir ?, inadequate fording sites (bank erosion), clear cutting, garbage |
Alkalinity, E-Coli |
Just above confluence on Crowley Farm Road
(PWMG 64) |
tide, road runoff, wetlands, clear cutting, gabage, inadequate fording sites (bank erosion), water main leaks, Ogilvie Brook (golf course?) |
Alkalinity, Chloride, Conductivity, E-Coli, Iron, Manganese, Suspended Solids, Phosphorus, Turbidity |
Recommended preliminary classification:
Class B : Upstream from Trans-Canada Highway
Class C : Downstream from Trans-Canada Highway
Class B : Ogilvie Brook and McLaughlin reservoir area
Recommended actions:
>> create adequate fording sites at ATV crossings;
>> mitigate the impacts of the quarry at Crowley Rd.;
>>fix existing water main leaks;
>> plant vegetation and place bank stabilization structures at areas where excessive erosion was surveyed;
>> conduct water sampling in Ogilvie Brook to identify sources of excessive nutrients;
>> ensure that the wetlands located immediately upstream and downstream from Crowley Farm Rd. are conserved;
>> clean up garbage along the brook (especially around TCH abutments);
>> encourage the creation of conservation areas/green spaces;
>> conserve all wetland areas;
>> reduce and eventually phase out the use of cosmetic pesticides.
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