Stormwater Management Projects
•$550,000 total invested from:
•WQIP
•NYS DOS
•Two projects
•Essex project drops sediments from
water coming from Church Street
prior to entering Lake Champlain.
•Schroon Lake project drops
sediments from water coming from
Dock Street and Leland Street prior
to entering Schroon Lake.
Stream Stabilization Projects
•$440,000 total invested from:
• NYS DEC
•WQIP
•FEMA
•Town of Willsboro
•Two stream banks were stabilized totaling
700 feet along these water bodies:
•East Branch Ausable River
•Boquet River
Septic Pump Out Project
•$4,000 from Schroon Lake Association
•28 septic pump outs on properties
within 300 feet of Schroon Lake
Dam Removal and Mitigation Projects
•Funds from FEMA
•2 removal
•Willsboro Dam, Willsboro
•Marcy Field Dam, Keene Valley
•1 mitigation
•Petro Dam, Port Henry
Road and Highway Project
•$1,300,000 from WQIP
•Culvert replacement
Top: Schroon Lake sediment basins will allow water to drop sediments before entering Schroon Lake.
Middle: Stream stabilization on the Boquet River in Willsboro. This site is also home to NYS’s first
engineered log jams.
Bottom: Bottomless arch culvert being installed on Lenny Preston Road in Wilmington.
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