Stream Restoration Ranking System (SRRS) Program: Data Driven Approach for Water Quality Capital Improvements/Success Using Channel Stability and In-Stream Habitat

About the Program

Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Mecklenburg County Storm Water Services (MCSWS) Water Quality Capital Improvement Program (WQ CIP) stabilizes stream channels and restores in-stream habitat conditions, so that as water quality improves the stream will be able to support a diverse aquatic community. Using exclusive GIS and field scoring evaluations, the Stream Restoration Ranking System (SRRS) guides MCSWS in the selection process of stream restoration projects. The data driven SRRS scoring methodology uses critical instream habitat and channel stability analysis to help engineers and scientists score/rank streams pre- and post-construction. To better inform decision makers and stakeholders about WQ CIP stream improvements overtime, a long-term monitoring/inspection initiative (20 years) that includes fish and macroinvertebrates surveys are part of the SRRS program.