CleanClean WaterWater ManagementManagement TrustTrust FundFund

• Need For program• History of CWMTF• Eligible projects• Examples of

Projects Across State

• Questions

Bern Schumak:Bern Schumak:

Need For CWMTF

• Contamination of many of the state’s 40,000 miles of creeks and streams

• Few remaining high quality or outstanding resource waters

• Numerous fish kills from point and non-point sources (mid-1990’s)

• Most urban streams impaired. Many 303 (d) listed streams.

NC 17 River BasinNC 17 River Basin

Raleigh Neuse River

People Like To Live By WaterPeople Like To Live By WaterCause Water Quality ImpactsCause Water Quality Impacts

Quality of Life

• Urgent need to address issues related to rapid growth: whether it’s on the coast or inland

– SC loses 72,000 acres of rural land to development a year

– NC loses about 100,000 acres a year

Source: American Planning Association, North Carolina Chapter

Population Growth Lags Behind Development

The NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund

• In 1996 it was Nation’s first and only trust fund of its kind

• Unique because of the variety of projects funded– Land Acquisition

– Stormwater

– Wastewater

– Stream Restoration

• Created by NC General Assembly in 1996 in response to prevalence of fish kills

Goals Of CWMTFGoals Of CWMTF

• Enhance or restore degraded waters

• Protect unpolluted waters

• Contribute toward a network of riparian buffers and greenways

HistoryHistory

• CWMTF late 1996• First year (1997) - 235 applications $265

million requested - $63 million approved - 81 applications

• 10 years – 943 grants totaling $711 million. Leveraged over $1.43 billion in other match.

• Protected about 400,000 acres, 4,500 miles of river buffer

EligibleEligible ProjectsProjects• Land purchase• Conservation

easements• Greenways• Restore degraded

lands/stream restoration

• Facilitate planning

• Repair failing waste treatment systems (revolving loan)

• Eliminate failing septic systems

• Improve stormwater controls

9-12-2000 9-12-2000

4-9-20013-28-2001 4-3-2001

Above: Vertical streambank with minimum rooting depth on meander bend. Riffle is present with transverse bar causing very high rates of streambank erosion.Below: Construction of rock toe and bankfull bench with bioengineering of transplants, brush mattresses, livestakes, and fascines.

Above: Creating bank-full bench, incorporating transplants, and installing in-stream structures.

Above: Project complete. Cattle are excluded with fence.

Above: Two weeks later, vegetation is established. Flood waters reached the back of the bankfull bench. Bank erosion was reduced

from 2300 tons/yr to minimal.

Above: Aerial photo showing new pattern of river

S. Folk of MichellS. Folk of Michell

North Carolina Success:Mountain Island Lake

• National model for “smart” conservation

• Regional approach to protecting the high quality of the lake’s water – began in 1970’s

• Much of Eastern side managed for watershed protection, recreation and natural/cultural preservation

Initiative for Mountain Island Lake

•Plan to double protected land in watershed to 10,000 acres

•Public/Private partnership to protect 80% of undeveloped shoreline

•More than 74% of the undeveloped shoreline is now protected with the help of CWMTF and other funds

Sugar Creek Partnership:Connecting people and neighborhoods in a cultural, historical, social, environmental, educational, and recreational manner

Charlotte – Little Sugar CreekCharlotte – Little Sugar Creek

Start of Solution: Partnership withStart of Solution: Partnership withFEMA for Home Buyout for FEMA for Home Buyout for Flooding, City/CountyFlooding, City/CountyAnd CWMTF for StormwaterAnd CWMTF for StormwaterTreatment And Parks and Treatment And Parks and Recreation For GreenwaysRecreation For Greenways

Problem: Almost Yearly FloodingProblem: Almost Yearly FloodingOf Homes and Ranked One ofOf Homes and Ranked One ofState’s Worst Polluted StreamsState’s Worst Polluted Streams

Bird Island: A Win-Win Project•Purchased by NC Division of Coastal Management with CWMTF and other funds

•10 year public/private effort to secure 1,200 acres

•Balance natural protection of coastline with recreational, research, educational needs of community

Bird Island: Of Ecological and Geographical Significance

• One of state’s three remaining private barrier islands

• Way station for migratory birds

• Nesting site for sea turtles

CWMTF ContactsWWW.CWMTF.Net

• MAIN OFFICE: 919-733-6375 Raleigh, NC

• LOCAL: BERN SCHUMAK 336-366-3801 Dobson, NC