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Columbia County expands Butterfield Court detention pond to store about 3.2 million gallons; project paid by stormwater fees
Summary
Community engagement specialist Hallie Turner said Columbia County enlarged the Butterfield Court Detention Pond—tripling its size to store roughly 3.2 million gallons, a project she said cost under $1 million and was funded through stormwater fees.
Hallie Turner, Columbia County's community engagement specialist, said the county recently completed an expansion of the Butterfield Court Detention Pond that will store about 3.2 million gallons of stormwater and is funded through the county's stormwater fees.
Turner said the enlarged pond is intended to reduce downstream flooding by holding runoff and releasing it at a slower rate, giving roads, tributaries and creeks time to drain. "This 1 here is designed to detain water," she said.
County staff worked on design and construction for about three years, Turner said, and increased the pond's size by three times compared with the previous pond at the site. She said the project can store "over 3,200,000 gallons of water" during the right rain event and that the project cost was "under a million dollars." Turner described the work as countywide in benefit: "It's really for the entire county and we're given the roads, we're given the tributaries, we're given the creeks below this point time to drain and get down to the river."
Turner said she is proud of the project and said she wants to see the effects it will have on flooding and downstream drainage. She framed the expansion as an example of what residents' stormwater fees are intended to fund.
No formal vote, ordinance or policy action related to the Butterfield Court project was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided. The comments appear to be an informational update rather than a request for board action.
