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What’s  Your  Tennessee  Watershed  Address?        Example:  Central  Region  Office,  UT  Extension  Site:  http://tinyurl.com/twam2016            

Find  your  Tennessee  Watershed  Address!  1. 5201  Marchant  Drive,  Nashville,  TN  37211  2. Local  Address:  Mill  Creek  Watershed  on  tributary  Sevenmile  Creek,  drains  into  the  

Cumberland  River.  3. Not  Supporting  

 

Rainwater  Activity:  1. For  Central  Region  Office  

   

a. 14,500  ft2  rooftop    b. 14,500  x  0.62  =  8,990  gallons  of  stormwater  in  a  1”  rain  

2. For  Ellington  Ag  Center  Building  Areas  

   

a. 25%  impervious  surfaces  (on  average)  b. 60  aces  in  “neighborhood”    c. 60  x  0.25  x  27,000  =  405,000  gallons  of  stormwater  in  a  1”  rain  d. nearly  34  moving  vans  of  stormwater  coming  from  building  areas  in  

Ellington  during  a  1”  rain  

What’s  Your  Tennessee  Watershed  Address?        Example:  West  Tennessee  Research  &  Education  Center  Home  Site:  http://tinyurl.com/twam2016            

Find  your  Tennessee  Watershed  Address!  1. 605  Airways  Blvd,  Jackson,  TN  38301  2. Local  Address:  South  Fork  Forked  Deer  River,  Jones  Creek  tributary,  drains  into  the  

Mississippi  River.  3. Not  Supporting  

 

Rainwater  Activity:  1. For  WTREC  

   

a. 2,200  ft2  rooftop  b. 2200  x  0.62  =  1,364  gallons  of  stormwater  in  a  1”  rain  

2. For  WTREC  “neighborhood”  

 a. 35%  impervious  surfaces  (on  average)  b. 30  acres  in  “neighborhood”  c. 30  x  0.35  x  27,000  =  283,000  gallons  of  stormwater  in  a  1”  rain  d. nearly  24  moving  vans  of  stormwater  coming  from  building  areas  in  WTREC  

area  during  a  1”  rain  

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