Presentation for Indiana Surveyors

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 - [email protected] 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: [email protected]

www.watersheds.IN.gov

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