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…for healthy Water Quality, Quantity, and Aquatic Habitat

ACWA Alaska’s Clean Water Actions. …for healthy Water Quality, Quantity, and Aquatic Habitat. Presenter: Dianne Denson Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Priorities for healthy water Actions to make it happen.

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…for healthy Water Quality, Quantity, and Aquatic Habitat

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  1. ACWA Alaska’s Clean Water Actions …for healthy Water Quality, Quantity, and Aquatic Habitat Presenter: Dianne Denson Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation

  2. Priorities for healthy waterActions to make it happen • Restoration: Coordination / integration of high priority waters • Protection: actions to abate / prevent further degradation • Stewardship: land use planning, permitting, monitoring, behavior awareness, education, best mgmt practices

  3. Why does Alaska need to coordinate water info and actions? • Alaska has over 45% of nation’s surface water resources • Limited (people) resources are available to assess, manage and restore waters

  4. We need ACWA…. todevelop comprehensive information about • Water Quality, • Quantity, & • Aquatic Habitat • And better understand what is needed for healthy waters

  5. What does each agency bring to ACWA? Environmental Conservation- Establish water quality standards; assess, protect and restore waters Natural Resources- Manage natural resources to positively effect water quantity, quality, and aquatic habitat, including in-stream flow Fish and Game- Manage aquatic habitat and waterway access

  6. ACWA Agencies … • Prioritize waterbodies • direct funding and actions where most needed • Coordinate State’s water resource programs • reduce redundancies & agencies’ work efforts • Identify gaps - strive to eliminate them • Organize how we apply existing programs and regulatory authority…not create new ones

  7. How does ACWA work? 1. Waters are nominated, scored, and ranked (prioritized) 2. Actions are identified for high priority waters 3. ACWA agencies ID all funding sources 4. Agencies issue a grant solicitation 5. Grant proposals scored & ranked 6. Successful "projects" are funded

  8. ACWA Online Web Application • Tool to enable the ACWA process • Enable easier sharing of data and information • Allows Agency personnel to • Provide input on waterbodies • See other agency information • View/print reports from central location • Replaces manual system using email/Excel • Enables Agencies to TRACK priority waters

  9. Reps from each Agency ACWA Online Web Application Overview Are STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS Adequate? ANALYZE NOMINATION Info SCORE Waters for Sufficient & Credible Data NOMINATE a Waterbody Are RECOVERY ACTIONS Required ? Did ACTIONS produce DESIRED RESULTS ? IDENTIFY ACTIONS for Priority Waters RANK Waters (Prioritize)

  10. ACWA Online Web Application Overview (continued) • Secure Login - Public or Agency? • Public  display your Nominations • Agency  display ALL Nominations • Nominate Waterbody • Waterbody description • Issues & Concerns – Quality, Quantity, Habitat • Uses & Sources • Supporting Documentation

  11. LOGON SCREEN

  12. NOMINATIONS LIST – Public view

  13. NOMINATIONS LIST – Agency view

  14. AGENCY HOME PAGE

  15. SCORING

  16. RANKING

  17. SCORING & RANKING TOTALS – All Agencies

  18. ASSIGN ACTIONS

  19. SCORING REPORT • 400+ Nominations • ~ 400 Waterbodies

  20. What Next? TRACK priority waters EVALUATE actions taken MODIFY actions as necessary EVALUATE new information

  21. Thank you … QUESTIONS ??

  22. ACWA Technical Specs • Developed using VB.net • SQL Server database & Reporting Services • Separate functions for • Public - Agency personnel • 3-tier secure server environment • Database • Web • Applications • URL https://myalaska.state.ak.us/dec/water/acwa/Login.aspx

  23. ACWA Issues • Network - Reporting • Multiple Nominations per Waterbody • Secure logon

  24. NOMINATION – Waterbody Info

  25. NOMINATION – Issues & Concerns: Quality

  26. NOMINATION – Issues & Concerns: Quantity

  27. NOMINATION – Issues & Concerns: Aquatic Habitat

  28. NOMINATION – Uses & Sources

  29. NOMINATION – Uses & Sources (cont.)

  30. NOMINATION – Documentation

  31. REPORT – Waterbody Rank by Track

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