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Peyton Slough Remediation Project
Managing for Changing Tides:
Restoring a Tidal Marsh in an
Urbanized
October 30, 2014
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Presentation Contents
• Constraints and
Complications – Existing Infrastructure
– Flooding
– Wildlife Needs
– Permit Requirements
– Tides
– Rainfall/snow melt
– Discharges/Runoff
– Water Quality-Algae, DO
– Invasive Plants
– Neighboring Projects
– Marsh Settlement
• Adaptive Management
Activities – Changing Gate
– Regrading
– Planting
– Erosion Protection
– Power repair
– Subsidence Fill
– Build up levee road
– Water level readings
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BACKGROUND
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Peyton Slough Site Contamination Addressed by Remediation
• Elevated Copper and Zinc in
Slough Sediments
• Periodic Dredging
– Side-cast piles
– Contaminants also occur on Marsh
Plain
• Prevent Re-contamination
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Remediation – A Step-Wise Process
1. Excavate new
slough using an
already existing
drainage
2. Remove Side-
Case Dredge
Piles 3. Cap Old Slough
4. Restore Disturbed
Areas
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CONSTRAINTS AND
COMPLICATIONS
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July 25, 2013
Regulatory Requirement – Grow Pickleweed
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Growing Pickleweed
May 2006
Pickleweed has elevation tolerance within 0.4 ft of MHHW,
overlapping with several species
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Factors influencing water level: Elevation
South Marsh/McNabney are lower elevation than North Marsh
Factors influencing water level: Elevation
HOWL
MSL •
7
65
6
5.5
5
4-5
= constructed marsh plain =undisturbed marsh plain
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Tide gate
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Flooding
Railroad
(Culvert)
Subsided Road over
Historic Slough
Taco Truck
Pipelines
Nests
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Discharges
• Watershed Runoff
• MVSD Discharges
• Shell Stormwater
• I-680 Runoff
• CCC Martinez Reservoir Discharges
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Railroad Car Bridge Restriction Railroad Car Bridge Restriction
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Algae
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ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
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Adaptive Management
• Replacing tide gate
• Regrading
• Supplemental
Planting
• Headcut Repairs
• Bulkhead Repair
Sept. 21, 2010
2014
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Change in Tide Gate Management Change in Tide Gate Management
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Bulkhead Erosion Repairs
Bulkhead erosion repair (3/07)
• Rock bags at bulkhead
perimeter
• Emergent plant log rolls (200
LF) and clumps
• Redirect drainage, 60 LF ditch
Standing in eroded drainage
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Stakeholder Involvement Stakeholder Involvement
• TESORO
SOLVAY
PL ALL A~1£RICAN PIPELI E
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Managing a Marsh in 10 (Not So Easy) Steps
1. Follow the Tides
2. Know Your Marsh Plain Elevation
3. Monitor Water Levels
4. Make Friends with Your Neighbors
5. Build the Appropriate Gate Structure
6. Consider Circulation
7. Know the Dischargers Upstream
8. Monitor the Plants and Wildlife
9. Be Adaptable
10. Never Stop Learning
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Thank you