1 Watershed Based Decision Making: Just Thinking Out Loud Here…. Ed Galbraith Director, Water Protection Program, Missouri Department of Natural Resources Some Drivers • Antidegradation - Assimilative Capacity • Nutrients • Point Source Interaction • Point/NonPoint Source WQ Standards Water Supports All Designated Uses Safe Drinking Water in Adequate Supply DW Standards 305b Report DW Monitoring Monitoring Network 303d List Goals Information Tools 319 Grants SRF Funding State Grant and Loan 604b AgNPS SALT NRCS Conservation Tools Financial Regulatory/Mgmt NPS Management Plan Sourcewater Protection TMDLs Antideg Policy Permits Triennial Review
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Watershed Based DecisionMaking: Just Thinking Out Loud
• Topographic Maps• Soil Surveys• Aerial Photos• National or Local Wetland Inventory• Threaten and Endangered Inventory• Current Land Use• Zoning Maps• Floodplain• 303(D) Listed Segments• Dischargers/ Source Protection
Hiding the Data
• State Agencies• Federal Agencies• Local Government• Universities• Utilities• Local Water Groups
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• Incomplete or inconsistent data sets• Statistical validity or defensibility questions• Privacy concerns - individuals or publications• Static GIS mapping• QA/QC Questions regarding collection, labs,
analyses, GIS, etc.• Incompatible units, format, data management
differences
Hiding the Data
• Inertia
Hiding the Data
HUC 8 = Black
2002 303d = Red
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HUC 12 (1,969)
red = HUC 8 (66)
Approved TMDLs
Tan = PL566 Plans
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All shaded areas aredeveloping or havedeveloped 9-elementWatershed Plans.