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- 2. Presentation Overview • Background • Project Goals • Major Project Elements • Project Results
- 3. Course Layout Atlantic Ocean Intracoastal Waterway
- 4. Existing Conditions • Located in Palm Beach, Florida • Nearly 50 years old • Located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway with SR A1A bisecting the course • Previously considered the #1 Par 3 in America • Largest green space parcel in the Town
- 5. • Deteriorating Infrastructure • On and Off-Site Flooding (Playability and Safety) • Nutrient-laden runoff to the Intracoastal Waterway • Irrigated with millions of gallons of potable water each year Existing Conditions – Significant Issues
- 6. • Citizens Group Formation • Public / Private Partnership Developed • Golfer Raymond Floyd served as spokesman • Budget Developed and Design Effort Commenced Project Development / Funding
- 7. Project Design Goals • Restore the golf course to its former glory as the # 1 Par 3 in the U.S. • Address Stormwater and Water Supply Issues • Enhance the Environment
- 8. Project Sustainability Goals • Use of native, drought and salt-tolerant vegetation • Development and use of alternative water supplies for irrigation • Selection and layout of landscaping to create additional habitat for various animals and birds • Elimination of invasive vegetation • Treatment of all stormwater prior to off- site discharge
- 9. Major Project Elements • New course layout Complete re-grading, lake expansion, new parking lot Close coordination with Ray Floyd • Complete Drainage and Utility Infrastructure Overhaul • Alternative water supply for Irrigation • Regulatory Approvals
- 10. Stormwater Issues • SR A1A bisects the golf course (East and West) • East Side No legal positive outfall Primary cause of flooding on A1A and the driving range • West Side Direct discharge to the ICW without treatment. Soil conditions contributed to flooding and extended course closures
- 11. Stormwater Solutions – East Side • Grading considerations: Course layout desires Grading east of the CCCL Collection system Control flooding of A1A • Stormwater Treatment Wet Detention Dry Detention • Legal Positive Outfall Stormwater Injection Wells
- 12. Stormwater Solutions – West Side • Grading considerations: Flat terrain Collection system Control flooding of A1A Prevent sheet flow to the ICW • Stormwater Treatment Wet Detention Exfiltration Trenches • Legal Positive Outfall Existing Outfall Proposed Additional Outfall
- 13. • Pre-Renovation irrigation rate of 90,000 gallons per day • City of WPB supplied potable water from a surface water source • To achieve sustainability goals, an alternative water supply was desired • RO plant originally in plan but was eliminated due to budget constraints Solution? Alternative Water Supply
- 15. • An Integrated Approach! • Stormwater and Brackish Water Supplies coupled with Seashore Paspalum turf Alternative Water Supply
- 16. • Geotechnical and groundwater modeling key to success of irrigation pond • Pond was sized to limit daily water level fluctuations in the pond and provide storage for the 100-year storm event • The combined irrigation source water system saves nearly 33 million gallons of potable water each year and reuses more than 12 million gallons of stormwater for irrigation. • Over $100,000 savings in water consumption fees annually Alternative Water Supply
- 17. • SFWMD Water Use Permit • SFWMD Dewatering Permit • FDEP/SFWMD Environmental Resource Permit • FDEP CCCL Permit • FDOT Driveway Permits (2) • FDOT Utility Permit • FDEP General Permit for Water Distribution • FDEP Industrial Discharge Permit (Injection Wells) • Building Permits Permitting
- 18. • Native habitat creation • Use Alternative Water Supply for Irrigation • Significantly reduced the amount of fertilizer required • Significantly reduced nutrient levels being discharged into the ICW • Turtle-friendly parking lot lighting • Native plant species • Exotic species removal Environmental Benefits
- 19. • Use of alternative water supply saves nearly $100,000 per year in water consumption costs. • Use of drought-resistant, salt-tolerant paspalum turf requires less nitrogen than traditional Bermuda turf, significantly reducing fertilizer costs. • Golf course is open more days per year due to a quick recovery after heavy rains, which translates into more play and higher revenues. • Construction costs came in more than $200,000 under budget Economic Results
- 20. Awards and Accolades • 2011 FICE Award • National Recognition Award from ACEC • Golf Digest’s Most Fun Courses to Play • Golf Range Magazine’s Top 25 Short Courses in America • Episode of “The Haney Project” filmed here • “Hook a Kid on Golf”
- 21. Conclusions • Design constraints can be successfully overcome with ingenuity, creativity, and quality engineering design • Sustainability is achievable when combining an active recreational facility within a sensitive ecosystem • Economic benefits realized, both in capital and operating • The Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course is a source of pride in the community and shows how environmentally-friendly solutions can enhance overall functionality
- 22. The GREEN goes far beyond the FAIRWAYS.
Editor's Notes
- Background (Existing Conditions, Funding)Project Goals (Design Goals, Sustainability Goals)Major Project Elements (Water Supply, Stormwater Design, Regulatory Approvals)Project Results (Environmental Benefits, Economic Results, Awards and Accolades)
- The Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course, located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, is a public golf course that has been in operation for nearly 50 years. The course was in desperate need of restoration to update the design to regain its former glory as the #1 Par 3 in America.
- The Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course, located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, is a public golf course that has been in operation for nearly 50 years. The course was in desperate need of restoration to update the design to regain its former glory as the #1 Par 3 in America.
- The course infrastructure was deteriorating and out of date. Stormwater drainage was a significant problem that affected playability, allowed nutrient-laden runoff into the Intracoastal Waterway, and caused flooding of adjacent highway SR A1A. The course was irrigated with millions of gallons of potable water each year. Consequently, restoration was required that not only met strict permitting conditions, stormwater design issues, and irrigation challenges in an environmentally-sensitive area, but also the desire to protect and enhance the environment.
- Restore the golf course to its former glory as the # 1 Par 3 in the U.S. – yes, even better than that little course up in Augusta, GA.Don’t create a golf course on a beach dune, create an extension of the beach dune that happens to have a golf course on it.
- Leave the environment in a better place for having done the project.
- Ancillary services consisted of drainage and utility infrastructure design, stormwater injection well design, geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations environmental permitting, structural design, bidding, land survey, and construction phase services. Future ClubhouseCoord. with the golf course architect (Raymond Floyd Design) to create a constructible, playable, and permittable courseRaymond Floyd Design provided course layout and irrigation distribution system design.
- Set the frame work for the existing conditionsSR A1A bisects the golf course, creating two portions of the golf course (East and West) with very different design challenges.The portion of the course along the east side of highway SR A1A flooded the driving range and drained into the road right-of-way and caused significant flooding during large storms.
- Grading east of the coastal construction control line had to be carefully designed to ensure a balanced condition to minimize the need for costly fill and to maintain the integrity of the coastal dune line. The construction of an unlined pond to hold the irrigation water along with the stormwater injection wells eliminated the need for a costly (and likely unpermittable) additional outfall to the Intracoastal.In the northeast quadrant of the golf course, runoff will be collected and treated in a wet detention pond. The clubhouse parking lot and the area between the southeast driving range and the ROW will also be collected and treated in this pond. A perimeter berm of 7.0’ prevents stormwater runoff from these areas from draining into the FDOT ROW.Stormwater in the southeast quadrant of the golf course will be collected and treated by dry detention in the driving range. The existing connection to the FDOT structure will be retained to act as a bleeder for the site. Control structure # 3 has been designed to provide water quality in the dry detention area prior to discharging to the second proposed drainage well. This area is surrounded by a perimeter berm of 8.0’. All drainage from east side must be retained onsite. Design elements keep stormwater on site for irrigation reuse through carefully designed water holding areas; this was done to conserve water and to account for a lack of a feasible outfall to the Intracoastal Waterway from the golf course along the east side of A1A.Runoff in excess of the 25-year storm event is discharged into the stormwater injection wells. Stormwater injection wells were installed to recharge the shallow aquifer with excess runoff during large storm events instead of discharging into the Intracoastal Waterway or flooding the site.Wells cased to 40’ deep, and have a capacity of at least 100 gpm/ft of head based on hydrologic information from adjacent wells.The new drainage system results in a course that recovers rapidly after a rain event, significantly reduced stormwater runoff to SR A1A; a closed golf course due to soggy conditions is a thing of the past. More golf playing means more revenue earned.
- Very poor soil conditions on the west side of A1A made drainage and treatment of the stormwater very difficult; drainage design was further complicated by relatively flat terrain, regulatory requirements, and desired golf course grading.Across the golf course, a series of drainage inlets and pipes were used to collect the stormwater runoff. West of A1A, stormwater is collected and treated prior to being discharged into the ICW. Stormwater in the northwest golf course is treated via exfiltration trench stormwater in the southwest golf course is treated in a wet detention pond. Control structures 1 and 2 have been designed to provide water quality and to limit the discharge to the ICW during the 25-year, 3-day storm event. A perimeter berm at 6.0’ NAVD limits stormwater from draining directly into the FDOT ROW or over the bulkhead. The resultant drainage design:Significantly reduced stormwater runoff to SR A1AEliminated all sheet flow to the Intracoastal WaterwayTreated all stormwater runoff before it discharged to the Intracoastal WaterwayThe drainage collection system treats all stormwater from the golf course prior to discharge to the Intracoastal or the shallow aquifer; this results in significant decreases in stormwater nutrient levels being discharged to the Intracoastal Waterway and aquifer, including a total phosphorous reduction of more than 52%.As an added benefit, stormwater discharge to the Intracoastal Waterway was reduced by 24% with significant decreases in nutrient loading, including a total phosphorus reduction of more than 52%.
- Brackish water irrigation is made possible through the use of seashore paspalum turf and other salt-tolerant landscaping throughout the course. It also required 50% less water than traditional golf course turfs. Design elements keep stormwater on site for irrigation reuse through carefully designed water holding areas; this was done to conserve water and to account for a lack of a feasible outfall to the Intracoastal Waterway from the golf course along the east side of A1A.Irrigation ponds were incorporated as water features into the golf courseThe irrigation water holding pond was constructed without a liner because dewatering for the liner installation was cost prohibitive and technically not feasible. Extensive geotechnical and groundwater testing and modelingdiscovered that a confining layer exists below the site, which allows this pond to still be a viable holding facility.
- To provide a new source of irrigation water for the golf course, a stormwater retention pond that combines stormwater with brackish water from a new Floridan well was designed. Floridan well water flows by artesian pressure to the holding pond and therefore saves energy by not using a pump. A control system allows the course superintendent to carefully control and monitor the release of well water to the pond. The control system also allows the well to be turned off when stormwater provides the irrigation water needed. This combined irrigation source water system saves nearly 33 million gallons of potable water each year, reuses more than 12 million gallons of stormwater for irrigation, and saves nearly $100,000 per year in water consumption costs.Stormwater collection piping maximizes discharge to the irrigation pondA Floridan well was designed and constructed to supplement the stormwater for irrigation.The Floridan well water flows by artesian pressure to the holding pond and therefore saves energy by not using a pump. Selection seashore paspalum turf allowed for use of brackish water and 50% less water for irrigation
- Brackish water irrigation is made possible through the use of seashore paspalum turf and other salt-tolerant landscaping throughout the course. It also required 50% less water than traditional golf course turfs. Design elements keep stormwater on site for irrigation reuse through carefully designed water holding areas; this was done to conserve water and to account for a lack of a feasible outfall to the Intracoastal Waterway from the golf course along the east side of A1A.Irrigation ponds were incorporated as water features into the golf courseThe irrigation water holding pond was constructed without a liner because dewatering for the liner installation was cost prohibitive and technically not feasible. Extensive geotechnical and groundwater testing and modelingdiscovered that a confining layer exists below the site, which allows this pond to still be a viable holding facility.
- This was the biggest shocker to the course architect
- Native, drought-tolerant, and salt-tolerant vegetation was used extensively on this course; this vegetation has also created additional habitat for various animals and birds. All exotic vegetation was removed from the course.This combined irrigation source water system saves nearly 33 million gallons of potable water each year and reuses more than 12 million gallons of stormwater for irrigation.At this fertilization rate, the use of the Seashore Paspalum coupled with the reduction in grassed areas will reduce the nitrogen demand at the golf course by more than 50%. The drainage collection system treats all stormwater from the golf course prior to discharge to the Intracoastal or the shallow aquifer; this results in significant decreases in stormwater nutrient levels being discharged to the Intracoastal Waterway and aquifer, including a total phosphorous reduction of more than 52%.Turtle-friendly lighting was installed in the parking lot to prevent impacts to nesting turtles on the adjacent beach.
- Only a minor amount of treatment is required for the brackish water because of the salt-tolerant sod and landscaping, creating a significant energy savings by eliminating the need for expensive membrane treatment.Water is provided by the well under natural artesian pressure; the lack of pumps to draw water saves energy.Stormwater and irrigation well water is mixed together in a common pond for irrigation use, which means that millions of gallons of rainwater will be reused for irrigation every year.By eliminating potable water irrigation, the Town saves nearly $100,000 per year in water consumption costs.Drought-resistant, salt-tolerant paspalum turf requires 75% less nitrogen than traditional Bermuda turf, significantly reducing fertilizer costs.Golf course drainage improvements allow the course to be open more days per year due to a quick recovery after heavy rains, which translates into more play and higher revenues.Budgeted Costs - $4,268,223 / Actual Costs - $4,043,409Project Completed and Opened to the Public on Schedule!
- The Par 3 Golf Course is a world-class facility that is accessible for play by any member of the general public. The course will also host the “Hook a Kid on Golf” program that allows children from all walks of life to learn lessons of the game.
- Because this course borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, many creative challenges were presented and overcome through ingenuity to meet new regulatory requirements while, at the same time, creating sustainable advantages and a very useable recreational facility for the public’s benefitSustainability was incorporated using quality engineering design, which resulted in reduced water consumption, clean up of polluted water entering the Intracoastal Waterway, and the use of millions of gallons of stormwater for irrigationThe new drainage system results in a course that recovers rapidly after a rain event; a closed golf course due to soggy conditions is a thing of the past.The design was economical and cost-effective and resulted in yearly savings in municipal water fees, fertilizer costs, and reductions in course closures.brackish/stormwater irrigation saves approximately $100,000 per year by not using water from a municipal sourceThe end result of the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course Renovation is a golf course that is a source of pride to the community and shows how environmentally-friendly solutions can result in functional improvements as well.The Par 3 Golf Course is the largest green space parcel in the Town of Palm Beach. Through the use of native vegetation, white sands, and drought-tolerant turf, the course has been transformed into a beautiful tropical setting with breathtaking views. Because the course design integrates the natural sand dunes of the ocean throughout its layout, it has created a significant amount of natural habitat that allows the user to be closer to nature while at the same time enjoy a world-class golf facility.