Nevada Tri-Partners, Re-delineation of Whites Creek
Meadow Subdivision, Reno, Nevada
In 1992 the Corps of Engineers performed a wetland
delineation on the project site to determine the presence or absence of all
waters of the United States, including wetlands. It identified approximately
38.6 acres of wetland area out of 181.66 acres in total project site. This
delineation expired in 1995.
The owners requested that Huffman & Carpenter,
Inc. perform a re-delineation of the area. Since the previous delineation,
major impacts had occurred in the watershed. These included the construction of
US Highway 580, cessation of irrigation waste water flows, and the construction
of a flood control channel. With this amount of impact, the previous delineation
might no longer be accurate, and a new delineation is called for.
Re-delineation results found that the cessation of
waste water flows onto the project area allowed for a clearer picture of what
areas on the project site actually constituted wetland areas. Huffman &
Carpenter, Inc., found that at the time of this delineation, approximately
4.54 acres of the project site could be classified as wetland areas under the
EPA's jurisdiction as mandated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
