Water Quality Management Plan Update

Board of DirectorsMarch 25, 2009

Clean Water Act 1972Clean Water Act 1972

Clean water is essential to the health and Clean water is essential to the health and vitality of all communitiesvitality of all communities

To improve water quality services for To improve water quality services for citizens and clean up our rivers and streamscitizens and clean up our rivers and streams

Clean Water Act of 1972 established goals Clean Water Act of 1972 established goals and objectives and identified toolsand objectives and identified tools

208 Water Quality Management Plan208 Water Quality Management Plan

Framework for establishing control strategies to Framework for establishing control strategies to solve identified water pollution problemssolve identified water pollution problems

Pollution control recommendationsPollution control recommendations– Establish sewer districts to deal with local sewage Establish sewer districts to deal with local sewage

problemsproblems How the controls are to be implemented and by How the controls are to be implemented and by

whomwhom Investments in wastewater treatment for Investments in wastewater treatment for

communities over a 20 year period communities over a 20 year period Address point and non-point source pollutionAddress point and non-point source pollution

Contemporary Challenges, ThreatsContemporary Challenges, Threats

Disagreement over who is Disagreement over who is responsible to accept responsible to accept wastewaterwastewater

Chaotic development Chaotic development situation where situation where homeowners often pay 2 homeowners often pay 2 to 3 times for wastewater to 3 times for wastewater facilitiesfacilities

Community conflictsCommunity conflicts Individual home treatment Individual home treatment

systems and public healthsystems and public health

Non-point source Non-point source pollution and stormwater pollution and stormwater runoffrunoff

Environmental changesEnvironmental changes Outdated facility planning Outdated facility planning

areasareas Demographic and Demographic and

development pattern development pattern changeschanges

Wastewater treatment Wastewater treatment capacitycapacity

208 Plan Update Opportunities208 Plan Update Opportunities

Assessment of current Assessment of current problem areasproblem areas

Advance watershed Advance watershed planning to address sewers planning to address sewers and stormwaterand stormwater

Resolve differences over Resolve differences over roles and responsibilitiesroles and responsibilities

Begin to set the stage for Begin to set the stage for 20 more years of 20 more years of development, but with development, but with reduced impacts to reduced impacts to streams streams

Water Resources Water Resources Advisory CouncilAdvisory Council

Phase II stormwaterPhase II stormwater Watershed planningWatershed planning Critical watershed Critical watershed

mappingmapping

Next StepsNext Steps

Scoping meetings with Counties and DistrictsScoping meetings with Counties and Districts Report back to the Water Resources Advisory Report back to the Water Resources Advisory

Council and the Board of DirectorsCouncil and the Board of Directors Based on Findings, develop planning process to Based on Findings, develop planning process to

update the 208 Planupdate the 208 Plan