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Celebrate Virginia!
Stafford County, Virginia

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Celebrate VA!
Lake Monticello
Greenbrier Sporting Club

Williamsburg Environmental Group, Inc. (WEG) provided services for stormwater management master planning, VPDES Permitting, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan development, water quality analysis and BMP conceptual design, for Celebrate Virginia! which is a 1,642 acre site located in Stafford County, Virginia. A master-planned community that consists of three primary components; 85 acre commercial development along Route 17, a 830-acre corporate office facility, and three 18-hole golf courses on 650 acres along the Rappahannock River.

This highly controversial project is located on the scenic Rappahannock River and required extensive coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ), Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VDCR), and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) in evaluating the potential direct and indirect impacts to the aquatic environment. The main focus of the project was on stormwater management and the protection of the aquatic environment, including stormwater runoff quality. An innovative stormwater management plan was developed that included a number of technologies and design practices based on Low Impact Development principles including: infiltration, bioretention, stream corridor protection, numerous site level BMPs, and a groundwater recharge facility. WEG is also providing baseline and post-construction water quality monitoring (chemical, biological and physical) for tributaries to the Rappahannock River.

Detailed Low Impact Development guidelines were developed by WEG that apply to site plans within the overall Celebrate Virginia project boundaries. These guidelines include the use of both structural and non-structural integrated management practices to provide for groundwater recharge and runoff volume abstraction, in addition to superior stream channel protection and improved post-construction hydrology. Water quality monitoring and reporting is ongoing.

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