Polk County Projects Catalog
Derby Ditch
Project Type
Stormwater Pond
Status
Complete
Description
The objective of this project was to construct an innovative regional stormwater treatment system for discharges from Derby Ditch to lake Jessie. The treatment consists of off-line wet detention stormwater treatment system planted with beneficial native aquatic plants. This provides a settling area for the removed sediments flowing in the ditch and allowing the plants to provide biological treatment of the stormwater before it reaches Lake Jessie.
Completion Date
December 1, 1995
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