Past Publications

Consensus Recommendations to Improve Protocols 2 & 3 for Defining Stream Restoration Pollutant Removal Credits

Approved by WQGIT on October 26, 2020

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Shoreline Management Projects.

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

August 10, 2018

Credit for Conservation Landscaping

In 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 ...

May 15, 2018

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Shoreline Management Projects (WQGIT Approved 7/13/15, WTWG Revised 6/1/17)

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Shoreline Management Projects (WQGIT Approved 7/13/15, WTWG Revised 6/1/17).

July 01, 2016

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Floating Treatment Wetlands in Existing Wet Ponds

December 12, 2016

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Disconnecting Runoff from Impervious Areas onto Amended Soils or Treatment in the Stormwater Conveyance System

May 26, 2016

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Street and Storm Drain Cleaning Practices

U5. Urban Nutrient Management Fact Sheet in Chesapeake Bay

U4. Urban Stream Restoration Fact Sheet in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

U3. Residential Stewardship Practices Fact Sheet in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

U2. New and Redevelopment Practices Fact Sheet in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

U1. Urban Stormwater Retrofits Fact Sheet in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for the Elimination of Discovered Nutrient Discharges from Grey Infrastructure

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Urban Filter Strips and Stream Buffer Upgrade Practices

Full version, with all appendices, as approved by the WQGIT on 6/9/2014.

WQGIT Governance Protocols

April 14, 2014

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Erosion and Sediment Control Practices

Full version of the report, approved by the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team, 4/14/2014.

Homeowner BMP crediting memo

Approved by the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team, February 10, 2014.

May 28, 2013

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Individual Stream Restoration Projects

This version includes Appendices A-G. [Updated to include test drive results and re-approved by the WQGIT, 09-08-2014 ]

March 14, 2013

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Urban Nutrient Management (short version)

This short version does not include all appendices.

November 19, 2012

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Urban Stormwater Retrofit Projects (long version) with updated adjustor curves January 2015