Water Protection Activities in Washtenaw County

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Watershed Plan BMP Title BMP Description BMP Outcome 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 Public participation/education programs Highlight watershed issues in the media Implement creative financial solutions Implement institutional framework to carry out watershed actions Integrate storm water management into community planning Middle One Rouge River Subwatershed Management Plan Increase enforcement capacities Expand programs to alternate media & avenues of information dissemination (signage) Expand programs to alternate media & avenues of information dissemination (signage) 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 162 Removes barriers to implementation of BMPs & encourages community responsibility Removes barriers to implementation of BMPs & encourages community responsibility 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
APPENDIX C: Acronyms and Abbreviations AST Aboveground Storage Tank BMP Best Management Practice CCR Consumer Confidence Report CPCS Community Partners for Clean Streams CWA Clean Water Act CWS Community Water System CWSRLF Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund DO Dissolved Oxygen DU Designated Use EPA Environmental Protection Agency gpm Gallons Per Minute HRWC Huron River Watershed Council LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank MCL Maximum Contaminant Level MDCH Michigan Department of Community Health MDEQ Michigan Department of Environmental Quality mg/L Milligrams Per Liter µg/L Micrograms Per Liter MS4 Municipal Separate Sanitary and Stormwater Systems 163 NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System NREPA Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act PA Public Act PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls PERC Perchloroethylene POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works ppb Parts Per Billion ppm Parts Per Million RRWC River Raisin Watershed Council SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency UST Underground Storage Tank VOC Volatile Organic Compound WPA Water Protection Activities in Washtenaw County WQS Water Quality Standards WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant YCUA Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
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Acknowledgements Water Protection A
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Executive Summary Introduction The
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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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2.4 Groundwater Organizations Leade
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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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Table 3: Total Maximum Daily Load S
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● CWA Section 319 Grants - Sectio
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Activity #12 Michigan Drain Code Mo
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Activity #13 Inland Lake Level Act
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Table 4: BMP Examples (Continued) P
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Public Beaches Tested in Washtenaw
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3.3 Challenges and Responses Surfac
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The Rules of the Washtenaw County D
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Rain gardens have been installed on
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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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3.5 Local Tools There are many ordi
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APPENDIX A: Local Unit of Governmen
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NPDES Poi int Source Disccharge Per
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CCR Table continued 71
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