TPC at River's Bend - Maineville, Ohio
Services: permitting, design and construction of water feature
JFNew permitted all wetland and stream related activities on this Arnold Palmer designed championship course. The scope of work on this project also included the design and construction of all water features on the course including recirculating streams, waterfalls, ponds, and rock retaining walls.
Michigan City Municipal Golf Course - Michigan City, Indiana
Services: feasibility study, hydraulic modeling, permitting, construction supervision and supply and installation of native plant materials
JFNew was contacted by the course owner and manager to discuss options available to address a water issue of the course. The course had a buried drainage tile that was failing and leading to inconsistent drainage of a portion of the course. One of the options presented was to restore the tiled stream to natural conditions and incorporate the stream into the existing golf course architecture. The tiled steam discharges to one of Indiana's few salmon rivers and had the potential to provide additional spawning habitat while enhancing the aesthetics of the course. The probable costs presented by JFNew showed excavation and replacement of the tile was similar to restoring the channel. With the support of the client, JFNew prepared a hydraulic model and design for approximately 1,000 feet of new channel and floodway. The results restored Deer Creek to an open, meandering channel that was once confined to a culvert and narrow ditch. Throughout the process, JFNew coordinated with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Following approval of the necessary permits, JFNew prepared construction plans and supervised construction of the new stream, including installation of the bioengineering materials and native sedges to stabilize the new channel.
Twin Bridges Golf Course and Landfill - Danville, Indiana
Services: wetland delineations, permitting, and mitigation design, native wetland and wildflowers supply and installation, natural landfill leachate treatment system
JFNew provided wetland consulting services for this master planned landfill and Lohmann designed golf course. JFNew's services included wetland delineations, permitting, and mitigation design. Following receipt of the necessary permits, JFNew also provided and installed wetland plants and wildflowers for adjacent areas as site amenities.
In addition to addressing the natural resource issues associated with the project, JFNew designed a natural treatment system using constructed wetlands to pre-treat leachate from the associated landfill. This innovative process reduces the volume and concentration of leachate, thus minimizing surcharges by the municipal wastewater treatment facility. The pre-treatment process treats up to 12,000 gallons per day through a series of subsurface flow constructed wetlands, free-water surface wetlands, vertical filter wetlands and shallow ponds. Additionally, the system incorporates an advanced treatment technique known as root-zone heating to ensure consistent year-round results. The root zone heating system is particularly suited for this landfill application through utilization of the heating fuel supplied by the abundant methane off-gases produced by landfills.
University of Notre Dame - Warren Golf Course - Notre Dame, Indiana
Services: wetland delineations, wetland and stream permitting, mitigation design, hydraulic modeling, stream design, native plant supply and installation, and monitoring
JFNew provided wetland and floodway consulting and permitting services for a new 18-hole Ben Crenshaw designed golf course adjacent to Juday Creek, one of Indiana's few coldwater trout streams. Floodway modeling and permitting was coordinated with the County Drainage Board and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Because of the sensitivity of the trout stream and the potential degradation created by the golf course, creek restoration was identified as the best solution for protecting the resource while allowing the golf course to operate.
The final solution was to relocate approximately 2,800 feet of Juday Creek to more secluded, wooded areas to protect the main creek channel from golf course runoff and provide thermal protection for the creek. The design of the relocated channel focused on creating and maintaining brown trout habitat and reducing high summer temperatures in the stream. Biological monitoring of the relocated stream by the University of Notre Dame has shown outstanding results for fish and invertebrates. In addition to stream design, wetland mitigation was designed on the site to provide amenities to the golf course while filtering pollutants in the stormwater runoff from an adjacent road.
JFNew also designed and constructed nearly 2,400 feet of artificial stream channel to provide a recirculating water feature for the golf course. The channel figures prominently into the play and aesthetics of the course while allowing for routine maintenance without compromising the environmental integrity of Juday Creek.
JFNew and the University of Notre Dame received a design award from the Consulting Engineers of Indiana in 1997 for excellence in water resources projects.
Sand Creek Country Club - Chesterton, Indiana
Services: wetland delineations, wetland and stream permitting, mitigation design, hydraulic modeling, stream design and construction, native plant supply and installation, and monitoring
JFNew developed a creek restoration and bank stabilization plan for 3,300 feet of stream channel within the golf course using bio-engineering techniques. The resulting project protects greens, sand traps, fairways and tee boxes while maintaining or enhancing playability of the course. Special design considerations included aesthetics, flood control and wildlife issues necessary to maintain Audubon Certification. Following approval of the restoration plan by the necessary permitting agencies, JFNew provided oversight of the earthmoving activities while providing and installing all bioengineering materials, including the native plants. In order to minimize impact on golf play, the project was completed during the late fall and winter of the year with the course being fully open and playable the following season.
On a separate but related project, JFNew delineated jurisdictional wetlands within the surrounding residential portions of the golf community and obtained state and federal permits for wetland impacts. The mitigation wetlands were designed to provide water hazards on the course and aesthetic amenities for nearby homes. Existing wetlands were also enhanced and integrated into the golf course. JFNew worked closely with the golf course architect and the golf course superintendent to select water-tolerant species suitable for planting in the rough. JFNew provided and installed the native plant species in the mitigation wetlands and in upland areas on the site.
JFNew also designed a natural wastewater treatment system for a golf course restroom. The wetland was designed to treat 300 gallons per day, and to harmonize with the golf course setting. JFNew specified a variety of flowering native plants to complement the standard plants used in wetland treatment systems and the areas surrounding the wetland. Following treatment in the wetland cell, wastewater is discharged to a leachfield planted to native prairie species. JFNew provided excavation services, supervised construction, and installed native wetland plants from our nursery. The result is a utility area which blends into the golf course architecture.
Sand Creek's efforts have won special recognition for environmental achievement from the Association of Golf Course Superintendents.
