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The Clean Waters Project. Meeting the Governor’s Goals. Goal Statement. By 2012, improve status of 25% of 310 impaired water bodies to attainment of “fishable” designated use By 2012, improve the status of 25% of 111 impaired water bodies to attainment of “swimmable” designated use . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Clean Waters Project
Meeting the Governor’s Goals
Goal Statement
• By 2012, improve status of 25% of 310 impaired water bodies to attainment of “fishable” designated use
• By 2012, improve the status of 25% of 111 impaired water bodies to attainment of “swimmable” designated use
Causes of Impairment
• Fish and Wildlife Propagation – Low Dissolved Oxygen/Nutrients – Sediment/Turbidity– Mercury (100), copper (1)– Elevated Chlorides, Sulfates – Pesticides/Herbicides
• Primary Contact– Fecal Coliform Bacteria
Plan Objectives• To use existing Department organization
to create procedures that will not increase resource needs, but instead focus existing resources toward the common goals
• Impairment resolution may require partnerships with involved parties, and there are many
• Development of “tools” to address impairment sources: technology, economic development, education
The Yardstick
• Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network• Ambient Water Quality Criteria, Uses, and
Standards
Approach• Discovery
– Systematic sampling within tributaries to locate sources
– Exhaustive inventory of P/NP sources• Mitigation
– Apply source control strategies when found (Tools in the Tool Box)
• Standards Adjustment– Apply Use Attainability Analyses when
pollution sources are not present
Integrated Monitoring• Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network
for 305b/303d purposes– Fixed station, deterministic, 4 year rotation
• Compliance Monitoring Strategy– LDEQ since 2001– Draft National CMS for NPDES purposes
• Making the two work together– Priority watersheds = impaired watersheds– Priority facilities = facilities in impaired
watersheds discharging pollutants that contribute to impairment
– Allow resource allocation for permit evaders
Compliance Monitoring Strategy
• Draft National CMS emphasizes sector specific inspections (bean count), ignores:– Watershed based approach– Permit evaders– State Program Inspection capacity
• Desirable state approach applies percentage of inspection capacity to core sectors, with remainder going to support watershed investigations
Keys to Success
• Vigilant AWQMN program• Additional sampling for micro-watershed
assessments and impairment source discovery
• Exhaustive discharger inventory• EPA6 “Stuck Issues” resolution• Regulation/procedural improvements with
external agencies• Development of local relationships to
promote local programs