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Environmental Justice
Existing
Water Segment -Chelsea Creek (87%) -Mill Creek (32%)
Dredge
Fill
Mystic Watershed Water Quality
Plant
Coexisting Insdustries River quality being one main reason for environmental justice in Chelsea/Everett, wetlands are implemented throughout the river treating pollution locally and allows remediation of Mystic Watershed. Industries coexist with society.
10 ft fluctuation
NTS*
Original River Bed
Wet
Wet/Dry
Dry
Wet/Dry
Wet
Floating Treatment Wetlands(FTW)
Wetland plants thrive on these floating treatment islands, providing ideal habitat for birds and pollinators on the surface, and crabs and other aquatic creatures under water. Phragmites australis
Glyceria maxima
Menyanthes trifoliata
Salix matsudana Plants provide seed bank for the region with seeds being dispersed by birds and through the water.
Panicum hemitomon
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Typha latifolia
Myrica gale
Carex lasiocarpa
Typha angustifolia
Salix alba
Salix babylonica
Buoyancy for the floating wetlands provided by sealed recycled plastic bottles.
The growing root mass provides refuge from predators for small aquatic organisms.
Oxygen is transmitted through the plant roots, providing dissolved oxygen in the water column
Year 1
Amphitheater
Year 5
Year 15
Chelsea River
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Wetland Path
Detail Plan