Water Protection Activities in Washtenaw County

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Watershed Plan BMP Title BMP Description BMP Outcome Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Maintain infrastructure Inspect pipes to locate blockages or pipe failures Eliminates a source of illicit discharges/cross connections Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Identify areas for recreational enhancement Continue and expand litter and debris cleanup Conduct natural features inventory and assessments Implement natural features protection ordinances Preserve and Enhance existing wetlands Preserve, enhance, and support wetland mitigation banking Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Construct and Restore wetlands Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Utilize in stream habitat restoration techniques Conduct household hazardous waste management Install/maintain oil and grease trap devices Public participation/education programs Highlight watershed issues in the media Increase opportunities for people to access water resources Fosters watershed stewardship and BMP implementation Create programs like adopt-a-stream to raise local awareness and control litter problems Inventory natural features and state and federally listed plants and animals in watershed Protect local natural resources and direct development to suitable areas 158 Reduces litter and debris and fosters watershed stewardship and BMP implementation Provides information to assist with survival and sustainability of these species Can be more protective than federal & state law to reflect local priority preserve & enhance wetlands, additional acreage improves surface and groundwater quality Reduces nutrient loading/preserves habitat and ecology Replace wetlands that have been destroyed or filled in the same watershed Reduces nutrient loading/preserves habitat and ecology Create or restore wetlands, additional acreage improves surface and groundwater quality Reduces nutrient loading/preserves habitat and ecology Utilize techniques like creating in stream structures to correct/improve fish and wildlife habitat Improves habitat conditions Encourage proper use and disposal of household toxic materials, discourage purchasing of such materials Install oil and grease traps for industrial, maintenance, vehicle washing, and restaurants Expand programs to alternate media & avenues of information dissemination (signage) Expand programs to alternate media & avenues of information dissemination (signage) Minimize the amount of these materials that enter the groundwater and surface water supplies Removes high concentration of petroleum products, grease, and grit, by gravity and coalescing plates Removes barriers to implementation of BMPs & encourages community responsibility Removes barriers to implementation of BMPs & encourages community responsibility
Watershed Plan BMP Title BMP Description BMP Outcome Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Implement creative financial solutions Implement institutional framework to carry out watershed actions Integrate storm water management into community planning Lower One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Increase enforcement capacities Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Research opportunities and make efforts to secure new funding sources Institute a framework to implement programs across watershed boundaries rather than institutional Include environmental protection goals in new planning processes, as well as revisions and updates 159 Ensures that money is available to fund new staff, projects, and commitments Promote consideration of watershed-wide goals and standards, and means of assessing watershed impacts of local plans and development Allows decision makers to consider water resource protection as a priority Provide careful and regular inspection during design and construction phases of development Ensures that ordinance requirements are being followed appropriately Storm water and Water Resource Protection Ordinances Regulations to guide property development Protects watershed regarding water quality, quantity and biological integrity Land Use Planning and Management Promote LID though land use planning Reduces impacts of development (sedimentation, erosion, flow, etc.) Reduce directly connected impervious surface area Slow storm water run-off in Urban areas Install/maintain storm water retention/infiltration basins and other infiltration devices Construct/maintain wet detention ponds and/or constructed wetlands Directing flows from roof drains and paved areas to stabilized vegetated areas Reduction in storm water peak discharges, run-off volume and erosion Maintain/Update/Install underground storage in urban areas Slows storm water loading to the system, reduces flooding and flow Diverts storm water into a trench, basin, permeable pavement for absorption into soil Stores storm water run-off and allows for soil infiltration Construct basins that have a permanent pool of water throughout the year to treat incoming storm water runoff by allowing particles to settle and algae to take up Reduces negative impacts of sediment, nutrients, and provides runoff nutrients. detention Construct/maintain dry retention/detention ponds Ponds retain storm water and release over time Allows pollutants to settle/infiltrate prior to release to the system Install/maintain in-line storm sewer treatment devices Install catch basin inserts or swirl separators Support environmental friendly residential and commercial lawn and garden maintenance Manage to address proper use, selection, application, storage, and disposal of fertilizers Reduces nutrient loading Perform primary treatment to remove grit, sediment and floatable material from storm sewer flows
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Local Water Quality Information The
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page # Se
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MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES Map # Tit
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1.0 Introduction Background In Sept
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2.0 Groundwater Groundwater is a vi
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2.1 Conditions and Trends The prima
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2.2 Groundwater Protection Activiti
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Activity #5 Wellhead Protection Cle
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Activity #8 Groundwater Withdrawal
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2.3 Groundwater Challenges and Resp
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Map 5: Groundwater Arsenic Distribu
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Map 6: Groundwater Nitrate Distribu
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Challenge # 4: Part 201 Sites Part
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Challenge # 5: Landfills The rules
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Challenge # 6: Leaking Underground
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3.0 Surface Water Surface water is
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Table 2: Michigan’s Designated Us
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● CWA Section 319 Grants - Sectio
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Activity #13 Inland Lake Level Act
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Public Beaches Tested in Washtenaw
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The Rules of the Washtenaw County D
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Watershed Management Plans outline
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Challenge # 15 Point Source Dischar
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Challenge # 16 Community Wastewater
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● Home Toxics Reduction Program
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NPDES Poi int Source Disccharge Per
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