Project Information

Title: Cordova Snow Management Analysis 13120112-C

Project Year and Number: 2013: 13120112-C

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2015: 15120112-C, 2014: 14120112-C

Principal Investigator (PI): Molly Mulvaney

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: Cordova

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract:

*Abstracts are excerpted from the proposer's submission. Every winter the City of Cordova and the Alaska Department of Transportation spread approximately 2,300 tons of sand on Cordova streets. Hydrocarbons and heavy metals are adsorbed to the sand particles, which become entrained in plowed snow, and this combination of pollutants is often stored to facilitate drainage into salmon habitat waterbodies. The CRWP will form a partnership with the City of Cordova and the AK Department of Transportation to analyze how snow storage and handling practices could be modified to implement Best Management Practices for snow management in areas immediately adjacent to the Cordova harbor, Orca Inlet, Eyak Lake, and Odiak Pond. CRWP will contract with DOWL Engineering for an analysis of City of Cordova and Alaska DOT snow removal and storage procedures. CRWP will then facilitate a planning dialogue with City of Cordova Public Works staff and Alaska DOT Maintenance & Operations staff regarding implementation and evaluation of recommended Best Management Practices. Some BMPS will likely be procedural, e.g. having to do with the timing of snow removal, and some may be mechanical such as placement of a biofilter to treat melting snow run-off.


Proposal: View (1,770 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY13: File Unavailable
Final Report: See Project 15120112-C

Publications from this Project: None Available