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 The Center for Watershed Protection has just released its Clean Water Optimization Tool, a planning tool for Maryland communities to develop more cost-effective strategies for reducing stormwater pollution to meet nutrient and sediment reduction goals. Although the impetus for the Tool was the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, it can also be used to address local impairments for nutrients and sediment.
The Tool it allows users to:
- optimize BMP selection based on cost-effectiveness for a particular pollutant
- determine the practical limits of implementation, and
- evaluate progress towards water quality goals.
The Tool also includes the most up-to-date crediting procedures approved by the Chesapeake Bay Program and allows the user to evaluate the impact of practices that have not yet been approved. Read More...
 Development along South Carolina's coast is expanding rapidly. Conventional development practices significantly increase stormwater runoff pollution and alter coastal hydrology. The negative impacts from these changes in stormwater runoff are well-documented. In coastal South Carolina, the impacts include decreased tidal creek and estuary health, reduced tourism and resource-related industries, as well as increased flooding and property damage. Often, low impact development (LID) practices are touted as a solution to these problems and an opportunity to create more sustainable, resilient environmental systems. However, progress on LID implementation in many coastal communities has been hindered by a lack of engineering and planning guidance, among other barriers.
In an effort to address these challenges, the Center has collaborated with the Coastal Training Programs (CTPs) at the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto Basin and North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserves to develop an LID manual specifically for the coast: Low Impact Development in Coastal South Carolina: A Planning and Design Guide. Read More...
Are YOU coming to River Rally 2015?
It is
the
place to get connected, get inspired, and imagine what is possible. This year, we are doing more to bring entry level content as well as advanced topics, celebrate success from across our wide and diverse community, and engage you in meaningful dialogue and networking. Check out the
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We pride ourselves on delivering a high energy event that gives you what you need to carry on and the courage to be bold.
Now is the time to get registered (before rates go up in April) and to encourage your colleagues to attend as well.
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