Sandy Springs Wants Feedback on Marsh Creek Headwaters Project

Patch Staff Report

The city of Sandy Springs is hosting a public information open house later this month on its Marsh Creek Headwaters Best Management Practice (BMP) project.

The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 at Sandy Springs City Hall, which is located at 7840 Roswell Road Building 500.

The Marsh Creek Headwaters BMP is a regional multi-use stormwater management facility designed to improve downstream conditions of the watershed. The project is part of a larger effort to improve overall watersheds that extend outside the limits of the Sandy Springs City Center area.

The project is expected to reduce flooding in the surrounding neighborhoods and improve water quality by treating stormwater runoff before it flows into Marsh Creek, a Chattahoochee River tributary. The contributing watershed to the project location is 74% impervious surface.

Design of the facility will incorporate hardscape and softscape features creating an attractive greenspace. 

Project amenities will include walking trails and extensive landscaping, as well as educational signage to explain the stormwater treatment process.

Water quality monitoring during pre- and post- construction will allow the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to measure its effectiveness with hopes of replicating the successes in future stormwater treatment programs.

This project is partially funded by a Nonpoint Source 319(h) Grant from the EPD.