Nontidal Wetland BMPs in the Phase 6 Model Fact Sheet
This fact sheet explains how nontidal wetland restoration, rehabilitation, enhancement and creation are defined and simulated in the Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model.
Description
As part of its 2017 Midpoint Assessment efforts to improve modeling and management tools for the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), the Chesapeake Bay Program approved an updated set of definitions for four categories of best management practices that restore, rehabilitate, enhance or create nontidal wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This fact sheet provides an overview of these nontidal wetland BMPs, including how they are defined, how their pollutant removal credits are estimated, how they can be reported to the state and what is required to verify them over time.
Category: Fact Sheet