Partnerships and Collaboration Yield Success in Watershed Adaptive Management Pilot...
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Partnerships and Collaboration Yield Success in Watershed Adaptive
Management Pilot at NEW Water
September 13, 2017
Jeff Smudde – NEW Water
Watershed Programs Manager
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NEW Water: Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District
• Third largest wastewater treatment facility in Wisconsin
• Vision: Protecting our most valuable resource, water.
• 14 years continuous compliance at Green Bay facility.
• WPDES Permit, Issued July 1, 2014• Projected future TP and TSS limits
NEW Water Effluent
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Silver Creek Pilot Project
NEW Water
- Watershed Size: 4,800 Acres
- Land Use: 48%Agriculture
- Stream Length: 15 Miles
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Partnerships Have Been Critical in the Silver Creek Pilot Project
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Silver Creek Pilot Project – From the Beginning
2014 – Project Kickoff• Developed project partners
• Water quality sampling
• Soil sampling
• Stream surveys
2015 – Watershed Inventory• Comprehensive field evaluations
• Arc GIS tablet application
• Conservation planning meetings
• Developed conservation and enhanced nutrient mgmt. plans
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Silver Creek Pilot Project – 2016
• Water quality monitoring
• Field planning
• Cost share agreements
• Best Management Practices (BMPs) installation• Filter strips (buffers)• Critical area plantings• Grassed waterways• Cover Crops• Residue Management• Etc.
• Coordination, coordination, coordination….
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2016 …. By The Numbers• Water Quality Sampling
• 2016 in-stream samples have shown a decrease in event TP & TSS
• Structural Best Management Practices• 5 Grassed waterways
• 14 Critical area plantings
• 3 Filter strips (buffers)
• 3 WASCOBs
• 1 Manure pit upgrade and another abandonment
• 1 Heavy use area
• 1 Vegetated treatment area
• 97 acres of grazing established
• Operational Best Management Practices• 740 acres of cover crops
• 70% of land covered by either alfalfa, cover crops, winter wheat, forage, or pasture during winter of 2016-2017
• 352 acres contracted for residue management
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Stream Sediment and Drain Tile Sampling
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Timeline of Grassed Waterway Project
Aug. 16, 2016
Aug 31, 2016
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Timeline of Grassed Waterway Project
Oct. 4, 2016
Nov. 29, 2016
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Grazing Establishment and Monitoring
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Cover Crops
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Equipment Demonstrations
Low Disturbance Manure Injector
Cover Crop Interseeder
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Reflecting on the Past Supports the Future
• One page
• Share lessons learned and challenges with other growers
• Ideas for other Reflections sheets• Manure injector
• Use of Interseeder
• Cover crops
• Critical area planting
• Improved Drainage and Buffer Installation
• Conservation and Enhanced Nutrient Management Plans
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Work in Progress in 2017
• Updated conservation plans
• Meetings with growers
• Continue installation of BMPs
• Wetland restoration
• Continue water quality monitoring
• Assess results for DNR –Preliminary Compliance Alternatives Plan – Due March 2018
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Observations from the Pilot Provides Insight into Full Scale
• Every field has an opportunity for improvement.
• Grower trust is critical, but can vary.
• It takes time to establish good working relationships with landowners and growers.
• Agronomists are a critical asset in opening lines of communication with landowners and growers.
• Diverse field teams yield new perspectives for conservation opportunities.
• Simple conservation plans with maps are needed for successful implementation.
• Success of the pilot project to date is due to the participation by landowners, growers, the Oneida Tribe, and project partners.