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7/29/2019 Presentation for Indiana Surveyors
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IDEM Watershed Assessment
and Planning Branch
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Watershed Assessment andPlanning Branch
State agency with CWA authority toimplement programs to protect and restore
water quality
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Watershed Assessment andPlanning Branch
CWA requires monitoring to determine if waters aremeeting WQ standards and to report on their status
every two years
Support other CWA programs such as the drinking
water and National Pollutant Discharge EliminationSystem permitting and compliance and nonpoint
source grant program restoration activities
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Watershed Assessment
Biological, chemistry, and habitat studies
Identification and prioritization to focus resources
Probabilistic stratified random approach to site
selection
Targeted
Intentional selection of sampling sitesbased on specific monitoring objectives
Fixed A targeted approach that does not change
from season to season
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Indiana Nonpoint SourceProgram
Goal is to remove waterways from the 303(d) list
Program priorities include: Watershed Management Planning in areas with waterways
on 303(d) list
Implementing IDEM approved WMPs
Planning or implementation in areas with an approvedTMDL
WMP implementation in the East Fork White River BasinWabash River Basin
WMP planning and implementation in the Little Calumet-Galien Basin
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CWA 319(h) & 205(j) Grants
EPA funded, IDEM administered grants
Watershed Planning
Plan Implementation
Reduce nonpoint source water pollution
Address impaired waterbodies
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How you can be a part of theprocess
Work with Watershed Specialists
Find local groups
Be a member of the steering committee
Work on stream/ditch assessments
Allowing volunteers to walk streams
Provide you with invaluable information
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Watershed Restoration
Best Management Practices
Cost-share
Demonstration Projects
Education and Outreach
Ordinance Development
In-depth Assessment of Waters
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Cost Share Programs
Grants provide funds to cover up to 75% of
costs for projects in defined critical areas Critical areas are defined in the Watershed
Management Plan creation process
Areas where the greatest impact on water quality
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Streambank Stabilization
Bioengineering focus
Must address excess flow leading to instability
Schedule must be sufficient for necessary
permits
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Natural Channel Design
Engineering changes to mimic natural
conditions
Meanders
Planting trees
Replacing woody debris
Floodplain connection
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2-Stage Ditches
Current 319 grant with The Nature Conservancy
Entire Wabash River watershed and some other counties Up to 75% of cost ($7.50 max per linear foot)
8 projects total
1 completed and a few more underway
Clinton, Delaware, Gibson, Hamilton, Howard, Knox,
Morgan, Posey, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh
Contact Kent Wamsley - kwamsley@tnc.org 574-946-
7491
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ContactTom Reeve
Project Manager/Outreach Coordinator
Office of Water QualityIndiana Department of Environmental Management
100 North Senate Avenue
MC 65-44 Shadeland
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2251Phone: (317) 308-3218
Fax: (317) 308-3219
E-mail: treeve@idem.IN.gov
www.watersheds.IN.gov
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