Community Monitoring

Places to monitor:

• the three compensation areas along the main channel:

  1. the section of Carp River between Hazeldean Road and Richardson Side Road,

  2. Feedmill Creek between the Hwy 417 off ramp at Palladium Drive and the confluence with the Carp River,

  3. Poole Creek between Hazeldean Road and the confluence with the Carp River.

• • impact outside the urban boundary, example Sue Prior and

  • outflow downriver from Carp Village

What to monitor

1. Carp River and Floodplain

2. Stormwater

3. Habitat pond

4. 6 wet meadows

How to monitor

1. Some suggestions from the Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol (OSAP)

2. Photos as illustrated in WEPP's report starting on page 34

3. Maintaining and monitoring SWMF

What's not being monitored

1. Mosquito infestation

2. Water safety

3. Frequency that flow spills onto the floodplain

4. Fish health

5. Pathway safety and maintenance related to erosion, sediment accumulation and debris

6. Soil settlement related to: homes, buried services, increasing extraneous flows in the wastewater system number of watermain breaks.