HomeMy WebLinkAboutOakwood_Road_Proposed_Storm_Water_Facility_InfoOakwood Road Proposed Storm Water Facility
Information Provided on WDNR NPS Grant Application
In December 2008, the City of Oshkosh completed a comprehensive storm water management plan to
address storm water pollution control on a city-wide basis. As a direct result of the plan, the city prioritized
and identified approximately 14 million dollars of non-structural and structural best management practices
(BMPs) to meet the City’s storm water permit regulatory requirements.
The Oakwood Road Storm Water Facility was one of the high priority pollution control facilities identified in
the plan. The facility is proposed to be located on two vacant parcels in the City’s southwest industrial park.
The vacant land is just south and west of the intersection of South Oakwood Road and the Wisconsin
Southern Railroad tracks (see Figure below). The site was ranked as a high priority facility for the following
reasons:
1) The site is an open space at the downstream end of a major storm sewer conveyance system.
2) The drainage area to the proposed water quality pond is 91 acres of mixed land use (primarily
industrial land use).
3) Based on pollution calculations, the drainage area has an annual loading of 17.5 tons of Total
Suspended Solids (TSS) per year. The proposed pond will remove approximately 15.0 tons of
TSS per year.
4) Two wetland delineations have been conducted and the facility design avoids wetland impacts.
In addition to avoiding existing wetland impacts, the facility design will add wetland vegetation
and other habitat to the site.
5) Engineering design, funded by the city, has begun for this facility.
6) The City has set this land aside for construction of a BMP.
The City met with the WDNR regarding permitting and the proposed design takes the comments and
suggestions from the WDNR into account. At this point in time the City is applying for a WDNR grant to help
fund the project. If the grant is awarded, the storm water facility is scheduled for construction in 2010. If you
have any questions, comments or would like more information on this proposed project, please contact:
James Rabe, Civil Engineer II; jrabe@ci.oshkosh.wi.us Phone: 236-5065 Fax: 236-5068