ACEQUIA CONSERVATION

Area-A

Acequia along slope

This area is adjacent to the slopes and prone to most downflow of stormwater runoff and flooding. Due to wildfire, debris flow along with water making it murky and containing burnt residue.

Proposed Strategy:

A detention basin is proposed to intercept the runoff water before it can contaminate the acequia. Phyto-remediation is prioritized in this site as well as layering filtration strategies along slope.

The basic workflow is to slow down the water, sink it in the detention basin and let it seep into the ground

WALKWAY a peripheral walkway is provided for ease of maintenance

Gabion Wall

rocks on outside and inside filled with dug out earth canopy most existing crowns are burnt understory selected based on remediation ability, nitrogen fixing, erosion controlling, pollinator friendly sedimentation allows water tolerant plants to grow and cover the ground

Louise Bani Sarcar

The detention basin is designed to contain maximum volume of water for a 500-year storm event:

Detention volume: 141,340 cft

Required cutting : 596,564 cft

Gabion walls made of rock and rubbles are used to prevent water from seeping into acequia as well as for shore protection. The other edges merge with surrounding landscape to resemble a sunken valley during rest of the year apart from monsoon season.

A selective mix of plant species are suggested so that they can hold the soil with long roots, remediate the toxins from the water, enhance soil by nitrogen fixing. Shrubs with berries will attract foraging animals and birds while the meadowy area will attract pollinators.

Proposed Detention Basin