Little Seneca Creek

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Little Seneca Creek, north of Schaeffer Road
Little Seneca Lake

Little Seneca Creek is an 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km)[1] stream in Montgomery County, Maryland, roughly 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Washington, D.C.

Geography

The

Seneca Creek, which drains to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.[1]

A portion of the creek below the lake is a cold water stream that supports wild rainbow and brown trout populations.[2]

The creek and reservoir are a drinking water source as part of the Little Seneca system, an emergency water supply for the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.[3]

Water quality issues

In 1994, the

housing development and other new construction in part of the watershed, in order to preserve water quality before development accelerated. A "Special Protection Area" was designated that requires additional controls for stormwater runoff, beyond those required of all new projects.[2][4]

However, the county reported in 2010 that its recent requirements for new construction projects had not been sufficient to prevent water quality impairment. Several large land development projects were constructed in Clarksburg and elsewhere in the watershed over the past several years. The county conducted

low impact development designs, were recommended.[5]

In 2014, the County Council set additional limits on development projects in order to protect the quality of the Tenmile Creek tributary and adjacent habitat.[6][7]

Tributaries

  • Boyds Tributary
  • Brodsky Tributary
  • Bucklodge Branch
  • Cabin Branch
  • Churchill Tributary
  • Germantown Estates Tributary
  • Milestone Tributary
  • Tenmile Creek
  • Town Center Tributary

See also

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
  2. ^ a b "Little Seneca Creek Subwatershed". Department of Environmental Protection (MCDEP). Rockville, MD: Montgomery County, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. ^ MCDEP (November 2003). Ten-Year Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan; 2003-2012 (PDF) (Report). pp. 3–6.
  4. ^ Montgomery County Code. Chapter 19, Article V (Water Quality Review in Special Protection Areas). Section 19-60 et seq.
  5. ^ MCDEP (January 2010). Special Protection Area Program Annual Report 2008 (PDF) (Report).
  6. ^ "Approval of Planning Board Draft 10 Mile Creek Area Limited Amendment to the Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area" (PDF). Rockville, MD: Montgomery County Council. 2014-04-01. Resolution No. 17-1048.
  7. ^ Turque, Bill (2014-04-02). "Montgomery council brings official end to battle over Clarksburg's Ten Mile Creek". Washington Post.

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