THE BVI HUMANE SOCIETY FLOOD MITIGATION

UPDATE: The new building for the BVI Humane Society in Josiah's Bay is temporarily on hold. The original Humane Society building in Road Town took a terrible beating from the hurricanes last year but the HS Board, staff and team from PAW have been working tirelessly towards taking care of and finding homes for so many homeless animals in the BVI. For more info about how to help the BVI Humane Society & PAW, click below:

​A watershed is an area of land where all water that falls within it eventually drains off into a shared location. The Josiah’s Bay watershed drains into the second largest wetland pond on Tortola. Any developments within this watershed have potential to destroy this fragile habitat if a development upland of the pond lacks proper drainage to slow and filter rainwater and effluent that eventually makes its way to the pond. 

​ARK and U.S based Watershed Consulting Associates LLC. has partnered with the BVI Humane Society to ensure the new shelter won't have an environmental impact on the nearby Josiah’s Bay wetland. Using a Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) concept, this new approach relies on natural features and controlled distribution of runoff to reduce stormwater volume and the pollutants commonly found in stormwater including pesticides, metals, nutrients, and sediment.

Here's the property now:

Constructed wetland and storm mitigation plans developed in partnership with: