Overseeing the Water Resources of Loudoun County, VA
Catoctin Creek TMDL
Stream monitoring is an important component of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Plans. Traditionally, Virginia has relied upon the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to provide stream monitoring data to validate the TMDL model and assess the effectiveness of the Implementation Plan. DEQ also has a continuing responsibility to assess water quality and to identify impaired stream segments. They use citizen monitoring data to help identify areas with observed effects that merit DEQ follow-up. In addition to DEQ, there are two active citizen stream monitoring organizations and an umbrella Loudoun Watershed Watch organization in Loudoun County that can provide monitoring data. These citizen groups seek to be part of the TMDL Implementation Plan (IP) monitoring program by providing additional validation assessment monitoring data that will help assess the effectiveness of the TMDL Implementation Plan in accomplishing its goals.For more details, visit the Catoctin Watershed Project web site.
Presented to Loudoun Watershed Management Stakeholders Steering Committee
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March 27, 2008
Catoctin TMDL -- Citizen Outreach and Monitoring Results 2005-2007
Status Report prepared for the February 27, 2008 re-convening of the Catoctin TMDL Implementation Steering Committee by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District LSWCD). The purpose of the Steering Committee meeting is to review progress towards implementing the Catoctin Creek bacteria TMDL.
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March 3, 2008
The Citizen Monitoring Component outlines the role that citizen monitors are prepared to play in validation assessment. The plan includes details of field survey, temporal and spatial monitoring.
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Cleaning up the Catoctin Creek watershed and preventing further degradation from nonpoint pollution will have high costs as well as huge public benefits. Educating county officials and the public about these benefits will be a key step to getting community support for TMDL implementation. Reducing nonpoint pollution loads by installing BMP is voluntary on the part of landowners, and motivation based upon a sense of community responsibility will be a key factor. The cost of cleanup still represents only a fraction of the benefits the public will receive. Cleanup means that stream corridors will be protected with best stormwater management practices and best agriculture practices. These practices will recharge our ground water aquifers, make our streams and rivers safe for public use, and support enhanced aquatic life. Water is our most precious resource, and the benefit of clean water is life itself.
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