Urban Stormwater Workgroup Publications
Recommended Methods to Verify Stream Restoration Practices
Approved by WQGIT June 18, 2019
View detailsConsensus Recommendations to Improve Protocol 1
Approved by USWG October 15,2019
Approved by WQGIT December 9, 2019
Revised by USWG and WQGIT February 27, 2020
View detailsConsensus Recommendations to Improve Protocols 2 & 3
Approved by WQGIT on October 26, 2020
View detailsBMP Panel Report for Shoreline Management (amended)
BMP expert panel report approved by Water Quality Goal Implementation Team: July 13, 2015
Amended by WTWG and WQGIT: June 2017
Further Amended November 2019
View detailsCredit for Conservation Landscaping
Published on August 10, 2018In March of 2018, the USWG discussed potential ways to credit conservation landscaping for nutrient reduction in the context of the Chesapeake Bay watershed model. A conservation landscaping credit would fill a key gap by enabling homeowners, institutions and municipalities to manage their open space as meadows rather than intensively managed turf grass. Based on subsequent communications with VA DEQ and DOEE staff, we have drafted a proposal to provide credit for conservation landscaping as a homeowner BMP retrofit. This proposal discusses: A definition of conservation landscaping; proposed credit options; technical rationale; qualifying conditions; eligibility; practice reporting; verification; and references. The report was approved on August 10, 2018.
View detailsRecommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Shoreline Management Projects
Published on May 15, 2018Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Shoreline Management Projects (WQGIT Approved 7/13/15, WTWG Revised 6/1/17).
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