CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The more we build, the more impervious surfaces we have in the Carolinas. That ultimately creates more runoff and leads to erosion, which could taint our water quality and aquatic life.

There is something Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services is doing to reduce erosion. It’s called the stream restoration.

“The creek banks in Charlotte are very eroded and there is very little vegetation on it,” says Jennifer Krupowicz, water quality educator with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services.

“We come into a creek area and move the creek back to a gentler slope and stabilize the creek with vegetation area,” says Krupowicz.

This is a great way to combat erosion.

Krupowicz says there are positive results from the stream restoration such as more stable banks.

The soil isn’t getting into the creek water like it was before the stream restoration project.

The funding for this project is paid for from the monthly storm water services fee you pay in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

For more information, visit our StormCenter Water Wise partners at http://wcnc.envirocast.net/index.php?pagename=header_Partners.