Transcript Total Maximum Daily Loads - Rogue Valley Council of Governments

Rogue Basin Water Quality
Implementation Plans
Greg Stabach, Natural Resources
Project Manager
Rogue Valley Council of Governments
Presentation Overview
• TMDLs
• Regional Process/Plan Development
• Rogue Basin TMDL Implementation Plan
Clean Water Act
• Goal is to make all waters fishable and
swimmable.
TMDLs – Total Maximum Daily
Loads
• TMDLs calculate how much pollution can
be in a stream while maintaining all
beneficial uses.
• Amounts divided up among Designated
Management Agencies (DMAs).
• DMAs represent all sectors urban, forestry,
agriculture, irrigation districts.
Rogue Basin Designated Management
Agencies
• Urban DMAs (local cities
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and Counties)
Oregon Dept. of
Agriculture (ODA)
Oregon Dept. of Forestry
(ODF)
Irrigation Districts
Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT)
• U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation (USBR)
• U.S. Forest Service
(USFS)
• NPDES Permitted
Operations
Rogue Basin TMDL Implementation
Plans
• Needed from each DMA to meet the
TMDL.
• 18 months to develop a plan (June 30th,
2010).
• DMAs have been actively working since
February 2009 with Urban DMAs, RVCOG,
DEQ, Irrigation Districts, and others to
develop and refine plan.
Rogue Basin Working Group
• Counties – Curry,
Jackson, and Josephine
• Cities – Rogue River, Gold
Hill, Cave Junction, Shady
Cove, Butte Falls, Grants
Pass, Eagle Point, Gold
Beach
• Irrigation Districts – EPID,
GHID, GPID, RRVID, MID
• ODA
• ODF
• Jackson County Soil and
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Water Conservation
District (JaSWCD)
Department of
Environmental Quality
(DEQ)
Why a Regional Process?
• Consistency throughout the watershed
• Effective approach – in meeting TMDL
goals, improving watershed health, and
economical
• Funding from DEQ 319 Grant Program for
current planning
• Increases opportunity to leverage
additional funding
What is an Implementation
Plan?
The plan describes the actions that DMAs will
conduct to improve water quality once a
TMDL has been established.
Implementation Plan
• Two parts – Text and Appendix (matrix)
Implementation
Plan Text
Matrix
General Plan Components (From
DEQ Guidance Document)
1. A list of pollutants of concern and their
sources.
2. Proposed treatment/management
strategies.
3. A timeline for implementation.
4. Proposed methods for monitoring the
effectiveness of implementation.
Matrixes
• Specifics of the implementation plan
• Proposed treatment/management
strategies
• Timelines
• Staffing and Funding
• Reporting
Rogue Basin Plan Summary
• Outlines steps DMAs will take to meet the
TMDL for bacteria and temperature
• 5 Year Cycle
• Annual Reporting
• Takes advantage of existing programs and
resources
• Uses adaptive management
Bacteria -Potential Sources
• Failing septic systems
• Urban stormwater
• Agriculture
• Wild animals
• Pets
• Illegal dumping (RV’s)
Temperature
Potential Sources
• Solar radiation
– Inadequate riparian cover
• Water Use
• Heated Return flows
Responsibility of Urban DMAs
• All nonagricultural, nonforestry-related land uses including
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transportation uses (road, bridge, and ditch maintenance and
construction practices)
Sewer and septic systems as related to human habitation, On-Site
Septic System Permitting and Enforcement (where delegated to
specific county)
Designing and siting of housing/home, commercial, and industrial
sites in urban and rural areas
Golf courses and parks
Land use planning/permitting
Maintenance, construction and operation of parks and other
county/city-owned facilities and infrastructure
Construction, operation and maintenance of county/city roads and
county storm sewer system
Riparian area management
Operation of Gold Hill Intake Diversion (Gold Hill), operation of
Gold Ray Dam (Jackson County) or other small dams owned by the
jurisdiction
Other land uses as applicable to the TMDL
Responsibility of Ids
Irrigation Districts control operations related to
irrigation water transport and delivery in the
Rogue River Basin. Irrigation diversion dams fall
under the authority of the designated Irrigation
District. Irrigation districts and dam operations
are considered nonpoint sources that influence
the quantity and timing of heat and bacteria
delivery to down stream river reaches.
What the implementation plan may
include:
• For temperature
– riparian planting/stream shading
– protection of open spaces and riparian areas
– working with existing riparian planting
programs
What the implementation plan may
include:
• For bacteria
– stormwater management
– pet waste management
– education and outreach
– installation of best management practices
(BMPs) as needed
– illicit discharge detection and elimination
program
What the implementation plan may
include:
• For both parameters (general program
elements)
– continued participation in the TMDL program
– education and outreach
– staff training
– funding
– monitoring
– reporting