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Watershed Planning Program Mission Statement

Watershed Planning Program Mission Statement

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Watershed Planning Program Mission Statement

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  1. Watershed Planning Program Mission Statement • We are stewards of the water resources of Massachusetts. Together with other state environmental agencies, we share in the duty and responsibility to protect, enhance and restore the quality and value of the waters of the Commonwealth. We are guided by the Federal Clean Water Act and work to secure the environmental, recreational and public health benefits of clean water for the citizens of Massachusetts. • Organizational strategies utilized to achieve our mission: • Develop and adopt surface water quality standards that optimize these benefits for all the surface waters of the Commonwealth; • Periodically examine and characterize these waters and effectively communicate the results of these assessments to our stakeholders; • Develop plans and recommendations to protect and restore water quality; and, • Coordinate and collaborate with stakeholders to promote stewardship of our valued resources.

  2. Summary • Monitoring Goals • DEP monitoring • Strengths • Weaknesses • Recommended programs • SMART stations • Partnerships • Recommended Volunteer Roles

  3. Monitoring Goals

  4. Why We Monitor • QuestionGoal • What is the condition of the resource? Status • Is the condition changing over time? Trends • How do we restore and enhance the resource? Restoration • How do we protect and maintain the resource? Protection • How do we improve our programs? Program Support

  5. Monitoring History Adding Efficiency

  6. 1972-1992- 20 years of monitoring • Restore Impaired Waters (TMDL) • 100 + POTW’s • 1 Billion Gallons/Day • $4.5 Billion

  7. 5 year cycle- concentrates resources

  8. 3 of 5 Monitoring Goals • Regular Measurements • Establish baseline conditions • Seasonal variability • Long term • Trends • Program success • Hydrologic context • Loadings • Point Source/ Nonpoint Source

  9. 1996 SMART Program • Test logistics of fixed site monitoring • Can it coexist with 5 year program? • Optimize strategy • Number of stations • Types of stations • Frequency of sampling • Explore Partnerships

  10. Three Basic Station Types • Boundary • Basin trends • Reference • Protection • Restoration • Trends for individual projects (POTW’s, CSO’s) • Document restoration (TMDL)

  11. Multipurpose Stations • All Stations can be used for: • Assessments • Trends • Restoration • Program Support • Additionally • 1 station for Protection goal (reference site)

  12. Recommended Programs Strategic Restoration Assessment Headwaters

  13. Monitoring Goal Groupings

  14. Strategic Monitoring Network

  15. Candidate SMART Stations • Boundary Stations • Pour points • Reference Sites • Ecoregions • SWMI • 9 (30) stations

  16. Restoration Monitoring Program TMDL

  17. Restoration Monitoring Program

  18. Restoration (TMDL) Program • Year round fixed sites for life of project (5-20 years) • Priority basins only (TMDL’s) • Multipurpose stations

  19. Candidate SMART Stations • 6 Current SMART basins • Priority TMDL Projects • Blackstone • Nashua • Suasco • 12 (30) stations

  20. Assessment Monitoring Program Status

  21. Assessment Monitoring

  22. 5 year cycle- concentrates resources

  23. Candidate SMART Stations • Remaining 9 stations • 9 → strategic program • 12→ restoration program

  24. Headwaters Program

  25. Historic Monitoring Program EFFECTS USE Catchment 75% of all river miles Sub Watershed POINT SOURCE POLLUTION Watershed Basin Planning Sub Basin Basin BMP’s, Site Design NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION NPS Assessment Land Use Zoning TRENDS Basin Planning

  26. Headwaters Strategy

  27. Headwaters Program • Volunteers • Local issues • Local solutions • Hot spots • Bacterial Source Tracking • Department of Transportation ( culverts & road salt) • Invasive species ( lakes) • Riparian areas – stream walks • RPA- intermittent streams • Spills • NRCS ?

  28. Partnerships Local Municipal Federal

  29. Volunteer Monitoring • Best Use of Volunteers • sites? • Indicators ? • Sampling frequency? • Analyze Time and Space Scales

  30. Space Scales HYDRAULIC DESIGN FLOATABLES BACTERIA SUSPENDED SOLIDS DISSOLVED OXYGEN NUTRIENTS TOXIC EFFECTS DISSOLVED SOLIDS EFFECTIVE DISTANCE - MILES 100 101 102 103 10-3 10-2 10-1 LOCAL STATEWIDE ( 5 FT ) ( 50 FT ) ( 500 FT ) BASIN

  31. FLOATABLES SECONDS 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 1010 BACTERIA DISSOLVED OXYGEN SUSPENDED SOLIDS NUTRIENTS DISSOLVED SOLIDS ACUTE TOXIC EFFECTS LONG TERM TOXIC EFFECTS DAY MONTH YEAR HOUR WEEK SEASON DECADE Time Scales

  32. Volunteer Indicators • Habitat- ideal • Local space scale • Long time scale • Stream walks –miles of stream • Low tech methods-observations • Bacteria • Local space scale • Local time scale- problem • Capture with monthly sampling • Low tech-Colilert • Aesthetics

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