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The [[Buck Mountain Reservoir]] was a concept included in community water supply plans from the early 1980s to 2004.  Land was purchased  by the [[Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority]] for the reservoir in 1983<ref group=study>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/2003-Bowler-South-Fork.pdf|title='''South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and Watershed: Reflecting on 36 years, Anticipating 50 years'''|author=[[Stephen P. Bowler]]|publisher=available through Charlottesville Tomorrow|accessdate=25 Jan 2010|publishdate=Spring 2003}}</ref>. on [[Buck Mountain Creek]] near [[Free Union]], VA.  Assessments of the James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), a federally-listed endangered species, were made in the reservoir area in 1996 and 2004.<ref name=permit group=study>[http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/20060630permitsupportdocument.pdf Community Water Supply Project Permit Support Document], Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority, 30 June 2006: 16, 25.</ref>  The identification of the James spinymussel was one factor that has led to reservoir construction at Buck Mountain being eliminated from local water supply plan alternatives.  Gannett Fleming's 2004 [http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/200407-watersupplyalternatives.pdf Water Supply Alternatives Supplemental Evaluation] reviewed 22 water supply options, two of which involved dams on Buck Mountain Creek.
The [[Buck Mountain Reservoir]] was a concept included in community water supply plans from the early 1980s to 2004.  Land was purchased  by the [[Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority]] for the reservoir in 1983<ref group=study>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/2003-Bowler-South-Fork.pdf|title='''South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and Watershed: Reflecting on 36 years, Anticipating 50 years'''|author=[[Stephen P. Bowler]]|publisher=available through Charlottesville Tomorrow|accessdate=25 Jan 2010|publishdate=Spring 2003}}</ref> on [[Buck Mountain Creek]] near [[Free Union]], VA.  Assessments of the James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), a federally-listed endangered species, were made in the reservoir area in 1996 and 2004.<ref name=permit group=study>[http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/20060630permitsupportdocument.pdf Community Water Supply Project Permit Support Document], Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority, 30 June 2006: 16, 25.</ref>  The identification of the James spinymussel was one factor that has led to reservoir construction at Buck Mountain being eliminated from local water supply plan alternatives.  Gannett Fleming's 2004 [http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/200407-watersupplyalternatives.pdf Water Supply Alternatives Supplemental Evaluation] reviewed 22 water supply options, two of which involved dams on Buck Mountain Creek.


:"Based on the impacts to the James spinymussel and the high level of anticipated impacts to wetlands and linear feet of stream habitat, it is recommended that [Alternative 2 - Construction of a new dam at Buck Mountain Creek] NOT be considered for more detailed analysis."<ref group=study>[http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/200407-watersupplyalternatives.pdf Water Supply Alternatives Supplemental Evaluation], [[Gannett Fleming]], July 2004.</ref>
:"Based on the impacts to the James spinymussel and the high level of anticipated impacts to wetlands and linear feet of stream habitat, it is recommended that [Alternative 2 - Construction of a new dam at Buck Mountain Creek] NOT be considered for more detailed analysis."<ref group=study>[http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/water/200407-watersupplyalternatives.pdf Water Supply Alternatives Supplemental Evaluation], [[Gannett Fleming]], July 2004.</ref>

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The Buck Mountain Reservoir was a concept included in community water supply plans from the early 1980s to 2004. Land was purchased by the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority for the reservoir in 1983[study 1] on Buck Mountain Creek near Free Union, VA. Assessments of the James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), a federally-listed endangered species, were made in the reservoir area in 1996 and 2004.[study 2] The identification of the James spinymussel was one factor that has led to reservoir construction at Buck Mountain being eliminated from local water supply plan alternatives. Gannett Fleming's 2004 Water Supply Alternatives Supplemental Evaluation reviewed 22 water supply options, two of which involved dams on Buck Mountain Creek.

"Based on the impacts to the James spinymussel and the high level of anticipated impacts to wetlands and linear feet of stream habitat, it is recommended that [Alternative 2 - Construction of a new dam at Buck Mountain Creek] NOT be considered for more detailed analysis."[study 3]

The second alternative involving a dam at Buck Mountain Creek was also not recommended, in part, because of the James spinymussel.

Background

"RWSA proceeded with the planning and design of Buck Mountain Reservoir through the mid 1990’s and by that time had acquired all of the land necessary to build the proposed reservoir."
"In 1996, RWSA retained Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) and O’Brien and Gere, Inc. (OBG) to prepare and submit the necessary permit application for Buck Mountain Reservoir. As part of that effort, a wide range of potentially feasible alternatives were developed, including alternatives that avoided impacts to Buck Mountain Creek and tributaries totaling more than 60,000 linear feet of stream channels including habitat for the James Spinymussel. In order to take a comprehensive look at avoidance measures, the alternatives analysis process that began in the 1970’s was re-opened. In 2000, a new alternatives analysis report was issued (VHB, 2000) that evaluated over 30 concepts. These alternatives included both structural and non-structural options including water conservation, regional cooperation, growth management and demand management, dredging of existing reservoirs, crest controls on South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, re-use, various reservoirs, and surface water withdrawals."[study 2]

Relationship to current water plans

RWSA's Buck Mountain Creek property is expected to be the location of some of the environmental mitigation measures related to the 2006 Community Water Supply Plan.[study 2]

"Implementation of the Ragged Mountain Expansion project will produce unavoidable impacts to approximately 2.6 acres of wetland habitat including 1.43 acres of palustrine forested, 0.07 acres of scrub shrub and 1.08 acres of emergent communities. Similarly, a 45’ increase in the dam will inundate approximately 14,500 linear feet of narrow, shallow headwater stream channels....Of articular interest is watershed-scale preservation and enhancement within RWSA’s Buck Mountain Creek property. Consisting of more than 1,800 acres with 60,000 linear feet of tributary stream channels, this concept is considered to have the important benefit of enhancing, protecting and preserving known habitat for the James spinymussel, a federally listed endangered species."

References

References from water supply studies

  1. Web. South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and Watershed: Reflecting on 36 years, Anticipating 50 years, Stephen P. Bowler, available through Charlottesville Tomorrow, Spring 2003, retrieved 25 Jan 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Community Water Supply Project Permit Support Document, Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority, 30 June 2006: 16, 25. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "permit" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "permit" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Water Supply Alternatives Supplemental Evaluation, Gannett Fleming, July 2004.

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