Division of Water Resources & Water Resources Projects

Division of Water Resources & Water Resources Projects

NC Water Resource CongressRaleigh, NC

October 31, 2013

Consolidation of DWR & DWQDWR consolidated with old DWQ on

August 1 Total personnel: 497Personnel distribution:

Central office: 314 Asheville Reg. Office: 29 Fayetteville Reg. Office: 19 Mooresville Reg. Office: 26 Raleigh Reg. Office: 34 Washington Reg. Office: 24 Wilmington Reg. Office: 22 Winston-Salem Reg. Office: 29

DWR Organizational Chart

Division of Water Resources Now has responsibility for:

Water quality programs Public water supply programs Water resource management & planning

programs Water quality & quantity monitoring

programs Hydrologic modeling Assistance to local govts for water supply

planning Wetlands and buffer programs Water resource development grants

Division of Water Resources Additional program responsibilities include:

Inter-basin transfers Wastewater treatment plant permitting &

compliance Safe Drinking Water Act compliance Drought monitoring and management Tech. assistance to local govts & permitted

facilities CAFO permitting & assistance Dredging and beach nourishment

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$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

$30,000,000

$35,000,000

Appropriations ExpendituresFY Appropriations Expenditures

2001-2002 $32,936,000 $31,089,964

2002-2003 $31,158,000 $20,707,809

2003-2004 $27,601,000 $21,256,544

2004-2005 $26,492,000 $18,510,354

2005-2006 $15,260,000 $23,082,540

2006-2007 $20,000,000 $23,606,695

2007-2008 $20,000,000 $16,896,860

2008-2009 $2,205,000 1 $16,549,772

2009-2010 $4,875,000 $13,459,662

2010-2011 $9,130,000 $10,760,583

2011-2012 $3,535,000 2 $5,537,652

2012-2013 $5,000,000 $13,459,226

2013-2014 $11,522,000 $990,859 3

Water Resource Development Funding

1. 2008-2009: NCGA appropriated $20 million, OSBM only certified $2,205,000

2. 2011-2012: NCGA appropriated $4,535,000, $1,000,000 designated for Agricultural Assistance Program

3. 2012-2013: Expenditure data is through October 18, 2013

Authorized Project FY 2013-2014Project New Appropriation Carry ForwardB. Everett Jordan Lake Water Supply Storage $200,000 $0Wilmington Harbor Deepening (75/25) $2,266,000 $0Morehead City Harbor Maintenance $0 $0Wilmington Harbor Maintenance (Disposal Area 8 & 10) $800,000 $1,200,000Long-Term Dredging MOA $0 $0Wilmington Harbor Improvements Feasibility (50/50) $446,000 $57,000Planning Assistance to Communities (50/50) $25,000 $0Manteo Old House Channel Cap Sec. 204 (65/35) $969,000 $1,250,000NRCS EQIP Project $1,500,000 $0Wrightsville Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35) $1,077,000 $0Ocean Isle Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35) $1,481,000 $0Carolina Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35) $727,000 $0Kure Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35) $808,000 $0Surf City/NTB Coastal Storm Damage (75/25) $0 $37,000Concord Streams, NC Sec 206 (65/35) $1,023,000 $0Aquatic Plant Control, Statewide and Lake Gaston (50/50) $200,000 $0

Long Term Memorandum of Agreement&

Dredging Fund

• Authorized by NCGA during the 2013 legislative session – SL 2013-138

• NCGA created “Shallow Draft Inlet and Lake Dredging” fund - SL 2013-360

• Fund Source: $10 of each new or transfer boat certificate of title, 50% of vessel numbering certificate fees, and 1/6 of 1% of the motor fuel excise tax

• Funds began accumulating October 1, 2014• Funds will be used on a 50/50 match basis

• MOA currently being reviewed by Corps of Engineers staff for final approval and execution

Shallow Draft Inlet Dredging Permit Recon Study

• SL 2013-138 directed the NCDENR to assist local governments in their pursuit of general and individual permits authorizations from the Corps to allow local governments to dredge shallow draft navigation channels in their communities

• In July 2013, the NCDENR and five local units of governments contracted with Land Management Group, LLC to perform the “SDI Dredging Permit Recon Study”

• The Recon Study has three elements• Identify and gather existing data in support of seeking permit

authorizations• Develop time and cost estimates for obtaining general permit

authorizations using a programmatic approach• Develop time and cost estimates for obtaining individual permit

authorizations using a programmatic approach• Draft report is currently under review by stakeholders• Final report to be completed by December 31, 2013• Pursuit of GP’s to start in early 2014

New program for water resources projects. State-federal (USDA) partnership w/ Resource

Institute & local Soil & Water Conservation Districts & land owners

Projects performed primarily in western NC Sediment control Stream restoration/stream bank stabilization on ag

lands $1.5M (25%) from NC + $4.5M (75%) from USDA =

$6M total Goal is to expand & make this recurring every fiscal

year

NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Ecological Flows Science Advisory Board report completed

Jordan Lake pilot demonstration project Integrated watershed planning

Other Topics of Interest

Tom ReederDirector, NC Division of Water Resources

[email protected]

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