Environmental Services Inc. was selected to restore and construct an urban stream channel located in the Candler Park Golf Course located in Atlanta, Georgia. The project provides for the restoration and rehabilitation of Candler Park Brook that runs from McLendon Ave. across from Epworth Methodist Church through the Candler Park Golf Course and into the ravine between Paideia School and the Jackson Hill Baptist Church on South Ponce. The $875,000 project is funded by a 319(h) Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/Environmental Protection Division (EPD) ($525,000 in grant funds) to the City of Atlanta ($350,000 in local community bond match). The project includes rehabilitating the spring site at McLendon Ave. and naturalizing the stream running through the Golf Course. Candler Park Brook is part of the Lullwater Fork of the Peavine Creek Watershed.
This project is ground-breaking in that it is the first City of Atlanta 319(h) project to be funded by the EPA. It is among the first to forge partnerships on water issues between the City of Atlanta, GAEPD officials and USEPA professionals. This partnership is particularly timely as Atlanta develops solutions for combined sewers and wastewater treatment. The project readily serves as a model for other Atlanta watershed groups applying for 319 funding from the EPA. The project further highlights how local volunteers can come together to invest and reinvest in their neighborhoods and in the greater Atlanta community.
In total, approximately 1,420 tons of rock boulders were used to construct 20 cross vanes, 13 j-hooks, 6 step pools, 1 w-weir and other outlet control structures associated with the project. Approximately 1,900 liner feet of stream channel was excavated or day-lighted and allowed access to its floodplain. Shortly after construction was completed, small schools of fish were found in the pools and glides, which had not seen fish for more than 40 years.
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