Bill Creal, Chief, Water Resources Division
Bill Creal, Chief, Water Resources Division
Bill Creal, Chief, Water Resources Division
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DEQ<br />
Overview<br />
<strong>Bill</strong> <strong>Creal</strong>, <strong>Chief</strong>, <strong>Water</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Division</strong>
Outline<br />
‣ Where are we today<br />
‣ <strong>Water</strong>shed approach in Michigan<br />
‣ New Initiatives<br />
‣ <strong>Resources</strong> available to watershed groups
Organization and Reorganization<br />
‣ Governor Snyder issued Executive Order<br />
2011-1, recreating the Departments of<br />
Environmental Quality and Natural<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> 1/4/2011<br />
‣ Quality of Life Group<br />
• DEQ, DNR, & DARD<br />
‣ <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Division</strong><br />
• Added Wetlands, lost Drinking <strong>Water</strong>
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
‣ Protect and Monitor<br />
• 4 Great Lakes<br />
• 11,000 Inland Lakes<br />
• 36,000 river miles<br />
• 5 million acres of wetlands<br />
• 70,000 acres of coastal dunes<br />
For swimming, fishing, drinking water and aquatic ecosystems.
DEQ’s Mission<br />
‣ Providing excellent environmental<br />
stewardship,<br />
‣ Participating as full partners in economic<br />
development, and<br />
‣ Demonstrating top-quality customer<br />
service in every business line.
‣ State Level<br />
Measuring Success<br />
• Measuring Michigan's Performance<br />
• www.michigan.gov/midashboard<br />
‣ Department Level<br />
‣ <strong>Division</strong> Level<br />
• http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/wrdmeasures-of-success_344213_7.pdf<br />
‣ <strong>Water</strong>shed Level<br />
• Saginaw Bay
Michigan’s <strong>Water</strong>shed Approach<br />
‣ History of working on a watershed basis<br />
• Great Lakes<br />
• NPDES Permitting - 1983<br />
• 5 year rotating basins<br />
• Monitoring<br />
• Impaired waters - TMDLs<br />
• Drinking <strong>Water</strong> – Source <strong>Water</strong> Assessments<br />
• Areas of Concern
New Initiatives<br />
‣ EPA Nutrient Framework<br />
• Statewide Phosphorus Ban<br />
• Public Act 299 of 2010<br />
• U of M study of the Lower Huron<br />
River<br />
• Michigan Agriculture<br />
Environmental Assurance<br />
Program (MAEAP)<br />
• Public Acts 1 and 2 of 2011
Financial <strong>Resources</strong> Available for<br />
‣ Loans<br />
<strong>Water</strong>shed Efforts<br />
• Clean <strong>Water</strong> Revolving Fund<br />
• Treatment works<br />
• Nonpoint Source Projects<br />
‣ Grants<br />
• State Funds:<br />
• Clean Michigan Initiative<br />
• License Plates<br />
• Federal Funds:<br />
• Federal Clean <strong>Water</strong> Act<br />
• DEQ role in GLRI
Technical <strong>Resources</strong> Available to<br />
<strong>Water</strong>shed Groups<br />
‣ Developing <strong>Water</strong>shed Management Plans<br />
• GIS<br />
• Monitoring<br />
• Guidance and QAPP review for local efforts<br />
• SWAS Monitoring<br />
• Wetlands Assessment<br />
• Assessing Social Change<br />
‣ Implementing <strong>Water</strong>shed Management Plans<br />
• Clearing house for potential funding sources<br />
• Guidance and site review<br />
• Compliance and Enforcement
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