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Publication date: May 20th, 2019
Toxic Contaminants Phase III WIPs Co-Benefits Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes the co-benefits that are possible when nutrient and sediment best management practices are selected in a thoughtful manner with site-specific conditions in mind. This fact sheet includes contact information for each state for more information. Additional information on best management practices and co-benefits for the Phase III WIPs is available here.
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Publication date: May 6th, 2019 in Fact Sheet
Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) Planning Targets Fact Sheet
The 2010 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL) outlines the reductions in nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment that are needed to ensure the Bay can meet water quality standards. To collectively achieve these Bay-wide nutrient and sediment reductions, each watershed jurisdiction is assigned specific targets. The Chesapeake Bay Program has developed updated planning targets for the Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs).
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Publication date: May 6th, 2019 in Fact Sheet
Best Management Practices Fact Sheet
The implementation, tracking and reporting of best management practices (BMPs) has been at the center of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s restoration efforts for three decades. BMPs are conservation and technological practices that can reduce the amounts of nonpoint source pollutants—such as nutrients and sediment—that enter local waters and the tidal Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program rigorously tracks the progress of its partners toward meeting goals for healthier Bay waters, including their BMP implementation efforts. As part of this effort, the partnership requires a three-step BMP verification process that ensures they are being implemented correctly and are effectively reducing nutrient and sediment pollution as expected.
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Publication date: May 6th, 2019 in Fact Sheet
Accounting for Growth Fact Sheet
The population of the Chesapeake Bay region continues to grow, driving land use changes such as increases in developed land areas and decreases in agricultural and natural land cover. How will these changes affect future pollutant loads in the watershed? Using modeling tools, the Chesapeake Bay Program has generated growth projections through the year 2025, which will help jurisdictions (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia) and local partners plan for what is to come. In this context, accounting for growth really means accounting for changes in pollution loads from any source category (e.g. wastewater) due to population growth and associated land use change.
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Publication date: May 6th, 2019 in Fact Sheet
Phase III WIPs Fact Sheet
Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) are developed by the seven Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdictions to help guide their actions as they work to meet the pollution reduction goals outlined in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL) by 2025. These plans consider such things as ecological restoration and sustainability while allowing for greater transparency and accountability for improved performance. Each Bay jurisdiction is currently developing its third WIP (Phase III) since the Bay TMDL was set in 2010. Phase III WIPs will include the specific steps that each of the seven jurisdictions intends to implement between 2018 and 2025 to meet Bay restoration goals.
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Publication date: May 1st, 2019
Invasive Catfish Workgroup 2019 Updated Roles and Objectives
In 2019, the Invasive Catfish Workgroup worked to re-define priorities, as outlined in the updated Roles and Objectives document.
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