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Agricultural Water
Quality Management Program 101
Sheila Marcoe & Mike Powers
Oregon Department of Agriculture
A Bit O’ Background � Clean Water Act � Each State develops its own program to address
Water Quality issues � Oregon -- a division of responsibility
� ODF -- private land forestry
� DEQ -- Urban storm water, municipal waste water, transportation system and non-ag point sources, federally managed land
� ODA -- private land agricultural activities � Regulate point and nonpoint sources
Current staffing
� Regional Water Quality Specialists
� Program Monitoring Specialist
� Riparian and Upland Vegetation Specialist
� Compliance Leader
� Program Policy Leader
� Hydrologist and GIS Specialist **We have 3 vacant positions that we will be posting soon!
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Owyhee
Malheur
Umpqua
Greater Harney Basin
Wallowa
Inland Rogue
Goose & Summer Lakes
Crooked River
Curry
North Coast
Klamath Headwaters
Mid-Coast
UpperDeschutes
Lower Deschutes
Mid John Day
Coos-Coquille
Lost River
Powder-Brownlee
SouthernWillametteValley
Yamhill
Willow Creek
Lower John Day
South SantiamUpper John Day
UmatillaRiver
Subbasin
Clackamas
Burnt River
Tualatin
North & MiddleFork John Day
UpperGrandeRonde
Walla Walla
Molalla-PuddingFrench PrairieNorth Santiam
MiddleDeschutes
Middle Willamette
Hood RiverLower
ColumbiaSandy
LowerSnakeAsotin
HellsCanyon
Upper WillametteandUpperSiuslaw
ThousandVirgin
LowerWillamette
Pendleton
Salem
Bend
CentralPoint
Oregon Department of AgricultureAgricultural Water Quality Managment Program
Management Areas
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Agriculture WaterQuality Specialists
John Byers(503) [email protected]
Ag WQ Program Manager
Agricultural Water Quality Management Areas
County Lines
k Location of WQ Specialists
Beth Pietrzak - Central Point(541) [email protected]
Kevin Fenn - Salem(503) [email protected]
Ellen Hammond - Bend(541) [email protected]
Tom Straughan - Pendleton(541) [email protected]
Theresa DeBardelaben - Bend(541) [email protected]
Sheila Marcoe - Salem(503) [email protected]
Activities
Implementation includes:
� Compliance investigations
� Local Mgmt Agency SOW management
� Measuring/monitoring plan implementation
� Building/maintaining/utilizing partnerships
� Biennial reviews
Compliance Investigations
Complaints
When the dept. receives notice of an apparent occurrence of ag water pollution through: � a written complaint, � it’s own observation, or � notification by another agency, the dept. MAY conduct an investigation.
Investigations
The dept. WILL evaluate or investigate a complaint filed by a person if the complaint is: � in writing, � signed and dated by complainant, that � indicates � Waters of the state allegedly being
impacted � Property allegedly being managed under
conditions violating criteria
Types of Water Quality Concerns Investigated 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
Manure 0 0 0 3 4 7 8 27 37 33 39 23 19 28 36 264
Sediment 0 0 0 5 4 13 20 23 14 7 6 18 4 10 26 150
Riparian 0 0 3 4 6 7 6 21 17 11 12 20 14 11 27 159
Other 1 4 0 3 2 3 5 0 2 1 3 4 2 2 6 38
Other 468B 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 11 10 6 1 4 5 8 52
Totals 1 4 5 15 16 31 40 74 81 62 66 66 43 56 103
Compliance Concern: Livestock Access to Seasonal Streams (Summer Use)
Concern: Summer feeding area with unlimited access to seasonal stream.
Preferred Result: Livestock access limited and groundcover allowed to establish.
Compliance Concern: Livestock Access to Seasonal Streams (Winter Use)
Concern: Heavy use of streamside area and runoff of manure into seasonal stream.
Preferred Result: Riparian fencing and less intense use.
Compliance Concern: Manure Management
Concern: Manure in a location where it is likely to enter waters of the state.
Preferred Result: Covered storage on a concrete slab.
Local Management Agency Scope of Work
LMA SOW Management
Local Area Plan
SOW Tasks Landowners
Area Plans are written to achieve TMDLs and Water Quality Standards
Typical Task Categories
Outreach & Education
Conservation Planning
Technical Assistance
Project Development
and Imp
Grant Writing Training
Partnerships Monitoring
Determining Effectiveness
How can we do a better job measuring and reporting the value of the Area Plan during the biennial review process?
Monitoring: Key Question
� Are the efforts of ODA and our partners effective in leading to agricultural land conditions that protect water quality?
To Answer Question: Focus Efforts
� Present WQ monitoring does not illustrate the impact agriculture is having on land conditions that affect water quality
� Need to relate implementation actions to improved land conditions.
How do we get there?
� Identify priorities � Geographic area, issue of concern, or
combination
� Identify milestones � Interim target goals to achieve WQS
� Identify timelines � Check-in points
Measuring Progress - Monitoring
� Landscape condition and/or water column
� Could use surrogates � Riparian vegetation for temperature � TSS for legacy pesticides
� Reporting mechanism � Quarterly, annually, biennial review
What indicators could be measured?
� On-the-ground measurements of landscape conditions over time
� Useful measures: � % stream miles with functioning vegetation � % of livestock facilities with sufficient waste control
mechanisms � % cropland on which erosion is controlled � % pasture managed to minimize sediment transport
Landscape Condition Action Steps
Pre-Assessment of an area
Landowners contacted
TA and project implementation
Post-Assessment
Report progress
Focus Area Projects
� Currently SWCDs, in coordination with ODA and other partners, have identified focus areas throughout the state � Temperature � Bacteria/Nutrients � Sediment/Erosion
*Riparian vegetation as a surrogate addresses multiple parameters of concern
Partnerships Building/maintaining/utilizing
Conservation Effectiveness Partnership
� 4 agencies – OWEB, NRCS, DEQ, ODA
� Documenting effectiveness as a collective WE
� Wilson R. – bacteria improvement
� Wychus Ck. – irrigation improvement (H2O conservation)
� Outreach/Ed materials
� Identifying additional waters to highlight success
Statewide multi-agency STREAM Team
� Strategic Enterprise Approach to Monitoring
� Governor’s 10-yr Plan for Oregon (Healthy Environment Policy Vision)
� Coordination to improve: � Water quality � Watershed health � Data management and sharing � Measuring and reporting outcomes
Additional stakeholder meetings
� Coordination with partners � Agencies: � Federal: EPA, USGS, NRCS - (LWG/BWG) � State: DEQ, ODFW, ODF, ODA
� Local: SWCD board and staff, watershed councils, water providers and municipalities
� Special interest groups: environmental and agricultural groups
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
� DEQ & ODA, updated May 2012
� Defines roles and responsibilities of agencies
� Describes the requirements of evaluating area plans
� Outlines DEQ’s involvement in the bi-rev process
� Explains the resolution process should disagreements occur between agencies
Biennial Review Process
Biennial Reviews
� Area Plans and Rules � Designed to prevent and control water pollution � Provide measurable goals and objectives
� ODA could be petitioned if EQC determines that Area Plans/Rules are inadequate
� Biennial review process (MOA) � Assess implementation of progress � DEQ consultation process
Goals & Objectives Plan Language
Current
� Thorough, well thought out
� Includes implementation activities
� Follows SOW tasks
Additional
� Timeline (check-in point)
� Milestones (how’d we do?)
� Way to measure change and/or progress
Biennial Reports must include: � Summary of meetings held
� LAC members present
� Actions taken
� Progress and impediments
� Recommendations for modifications
� Compliance activities
� LAC and DEQ recommendations
� ODA’s modifications
How do we do all of this with limited resources? Programmatic Strategic Planning
ODA’s Strategic Planning Process
The Board of Ag recommended the AgWQ Program develop alternatives to the complaint-based system and identify current processes that could be streamlined or eliminated.
Staff identified 5 categories:
1. Compliance 4. High quality plans & rules
2. Monitoring 5. SWCD contracts
3. Building relationships
Statewide goals for ODA
� Determine level of compliance w/ Area Rules
� Document and demonstrate the effectiveness of ODA/LMA partnership in protecting water quality
� Identify where to focus work to measure progress
� Add measurable goals and objectives into Area Plans
� Carry out the direction of the MOA with DEQ
� Create more streamlined processes for the Program
AgWQ Information Listserve: [email protected]. Program Report: http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/NRD/docs/pdf/water/water_qual_rpt2012.pdf
