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Looking Glass Watershed The Looking Glass River is a major tributary to the Grand River, located in Central, Lower Michigan (Figure 1-1). The Looking Glass River discharges into the Grand River in Portland, Michigan (Ionia County), which continues on west and drains into Lake Michigan. Approximately 80,000 acres of the total number of acres that comprise the Looking Glass Watershed are included in this watershed management plan (WMP). Within the watershed there are about 183 miles of rivers and streams. The two largest are the Looking Glass River and Vermilion Creek. There are also approximately 900 acres of lakes within the watershed, with the largest lake being Park Lake (182 acres), Round Lake (87 acres), Lake Geneva (58 acres), and Perch Lake (35 acres). Purpose of the Watershed Management Plan On March 10, 2003 any municipality within the Lansing Urbanized Area (UA) was required to submit a NPDES Phase II storm water permit. In Michigan, permittees were given the choice of submitting a jurisdictional or a watershed based permit. Michigan is the only state to offer this permitting option. With over 300 communities in Michigan needing to apply for Phase II permit coverage, over 250 have decided to use the watershed planning option, due to its many benefits over a traditional permitting program. Participating NPDES Permittees • Bath Township • Clinton County Drain Commissioner • Clinton County Road Commission • DeWitt, City of • DeWitt Public School District • DeWitt Township • East Lansing, City of • Ingham County Drain Commissioner • Lansing, City of • Lansing Public School District • Lansing Township • Meridian Township • Watertown Township Some benefits of the watershed approach include: access to grant funding, including the State Bond Fund known as Clean Michigan Initiative (CMI), expanded schedules for watershed management planning, and choices on how and when implementation will occur. A watershed approach involves coordination with both public and private sectors focusing efforts to address the highest priority problems. As a result of this watershed permit approach, the Greater Lansing Regional Committee on Phase II Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention (GLRC) was created. The GLRC has developed this plan to address the requirements outlined in the Phase II permit and to improve and protect the ecological, hydrological, and cultural resources of the Looking Glass Watershed. 1-2 Looking Glass River Watershed April 2007
Watershed Management Units The largest watershed management unit is the basin. A basin drains to a major receiving water such as a large river, estuary or lake. Within each basin are a group of subbasins, that are a mosaic of many diverse land uses, including forest, agriculture, range and urban areas. Subbasins are composed of a group of watersheds, which, in turn, are composed of a group of subwatersheds. Within subwatersheds are catchments, which are the smallest units in a watershed, defined as the area that drains an individual development site to its first intersection with a stream. Source: CWP, 1998. What is a Watershed A watershed is any area of land that drains to a common point. That common point may be a lake, the outlet of a river, or any point within a river system. Throughout this WMP, the terms basin, subbasin, watershed, subwatershed, and catchment are used to describe the drainages of the river. Table 1-1. Watershed Management Units. Watershed Management Unit Typical Area (square miles) Influence of Impervious Cover Sample Management Measures Catchment 0.05 – 0.50 Very Strong BMP and site design Subwatershed 1 – 10 Strong Stream classification and management Watershed 10-100 Moderate Watershed-based zoning Subbasin 100 – 1,000 Weak Basin Planning Basin 1,000 – 10,000 Weak Basin Planning Source: CWP, 1998 Plan Requirements According to the MDEQ NPDES Wastewater Discharge General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems Subject to Watershed Plan Requirements, the WMP shall, at a minimum, contain the following: • an assessment of the nature and status of the watershed ecosystem to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of the WMP; • short-term measurable objectives for the watershed; • long-term goals for the watershed (which shall include both the protection of designated uses of the receiving waters as defined in Michigan's Water Quality Standards, and attaining compliance with any Total Maximum Daily Load [TMDL] established for a parameter within the watershed); • determination of the actions needed to achieve the short-term measurable objectives for the watershed; • determination of the actions needed to achieve the long-term goals for the watershed; • assessment of both the benefits and costs of the actions identified above (a "cost/benefit analysis" is not required) • commitments, identified by specific permittee or others as appropriate, to implement actions by specified dates necessary to achieve the shortterm measurable objectives; • commitments, identified by specific permittee or others as appropriate, to implement actions by specified dates necessary to initiate achievement of the long-term goals; and Section 1: Introduction 1-3
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Table 5-1 Status of Designated Uses
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Altered Hydrology Stream flows vary
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Introduction 6. Goals and Objective
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References DAS Manufacturing. “Cu
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Appendix F Vermillion Creek Corresp
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