Water Quality Program

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Water Quality Program

• GMAP Review
• August 24, 2005

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Regulatory and Legal Context
Legal and Regulatory Requirement
Dirty water
Submit Water Cleanup Plan
DevelopImplementationPlan
Implement monitor for clean water
Cleanwater
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Water Cleanup Plan Progress
Measure Number of water cleanup plans submitted
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Number of Water Cleanup Plans required
Number of cleanup plans required
Number of implementation plans
1457 new listings on the 2004 list of impaired
waters The 2006 list of impaired waters is due in
April 2006 (every 2 years) more listings, more
cleanup plans, more implementation plans
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Clean Water in Union River which flows into Hood
Canal

• Measure Reduce Bacteria in Union RiverGoal
  Clean Union River by 2007
• Cleanup Plan approved in 2002
• Implementation Plan completed in 2003

Direct sewage discharge

• Next Steps Identify sources of bacterial
  pollution correct - ongoing
• Continue to review evaluate monitoring results
  - quarterly

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Implementation Efforts

• Bremerton monitoring
• Kitsap SWM monitoring
• Kitsap Health PIC
• Mason CD, Health,
• HCSEG - LURRS
• Ecology monitoring
• Belfair SW Mngmnt

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Ecologys continuing role Hood Canal nexus

• Identify bacteria sources
• correct . ongoing
• Continue to review evaluate monitoring
  results . . Quarterly
• Report FC loading estimate internally
• to PSAT for Hood Canal concerns
• ....
  Quarterly
• Report Water Cleanup progress to
• Lower Hood Canal Watershed
• Coalition . Annually
• Goal Clean Union River . 2007

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Straight To Implementation
Dirty water
Submit Water Cleanup Plan
DevelopImplementationPlan
Implement monitor for clean water
Cleanwater
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Clean Water in Alpowa Creek

• Measure Reduce bacteria in Alpowa Creek
• Goal establish riparian buffers to address
  bacteria as well as other pollutants
• CD, landowners and Ecology start implementation
  2001

• Next StepsCD will continue to monitor water
• Identify additional implementation actions
• Focus on tributaries
• Address failing septic systems
• Added benefits
• Healthier grasses and improved forage
• Healthier cows
• Reduced need for supplemental feed

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Straight To Implementation

• STEP 1 WATERSHED SELECTION
• STEP 2 DETERMINE APPROACH
• Traditional Approach
• Partnership Approach
• This effort is to address all impacts that
  livestock have on the water quality temperature,
  DO, turbidity/ total suspended solids, nutrients,
  and pH.

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Questions?