Designing Best Management Practices: Elizabethtown, KY

Checking and designing BMPs for the city of Elizabethtown

Problem Statement

Stormwater management is critical to control flooding and pollution that damages infrastructure and waterways. The city of Elizabethtown deals with high concentrations of sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorous within runoff. These pollutants are harming wildlife and nearby Buffalo Lake. Designing two new best management practices (BMPs) to minimize total suspended solids by 80% and reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loads will help the city restore the watershed and save money.

This photo represents the impacted area within Elizabethtown, KY and contains the area where our team's proposed designs would be implemented.

Team Members

Katherine Ristola

Focus: Bioenvironmental

Graduation: May 2022

Contact Information: KatRistola@uky.edu

Emma Sharek

Focus: Bioenvironmental

Graduation: May 2022

Contact Information: eosh223@uky.edu

Vanessa Spring

Focus: Bioenvironmental

Graduation: May 2022

Contact Information:

vrsp222@uky.edu

Landon Taylor

Focus: Bioenvironmental

Graduation: May 2022

Contact Information:

wjta227@uky.edu

Other participants:

Rita Davis - Stormwater Engineer - Elizabethtown, KY- rita.davis@elizabethtownky.gov


Tiffany Messer- Assistant Professor - University of Kentucky- tiffany.messer@uky.edu

Questions?

Contact etownh2o@gmail.com to get more information on the project