Agenda 1. Welcome Dan Bacon, Board President 2. Water Quality - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LONG CREEK W

ATERSHED MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

2011 – 2012 LONG CREEK UPDATE

January 28, 2013

Presented by

Tamara Lee Pinard LCWMD Executive Director CCSWCD Stormwater Program Manager

Agenda

• 1. Welcome

Dan Bacon, Board President

• 2. Water Quality & Project Overview

Tamara Lee Pinard, Executive Director

• 3. Financial Overview

Curtis Bohlen, Treasurer

• 4. Maine DEP Perspective

Don Witherill, Division of Watershed Management

• 5. Social Hour, Meet the Experts

Long Creek Governing Board

Dan Bacon, Board President - 2/13 David Russell, Board VP - 4/13 Curtis Bohlen, Treasurer - 2/13 David Thomes, Secretary - 2/13 John Branscom - 8/13 Brian Goldberg - 5/13 Craig Gorris – 5/13 Jim Hughes – 2/13 Gerard Jalbert - 2/13 John O’Hara - 2/13 Ed Palmer – 5/13 Adam Pitcher – 1/14 Tom Raymond – 7/13 Doug Roncarati – 2/13 Steve Tibbetts – 8/14

Long Creek Technical Advisory Committee

Luci Benedict - USM Jeff Dennis - MDEP Fred Dillon - South Portland Zach Henderson - Woodard & Curran Ryan Hodgman - MDOT Tom Raymond - ecomaine Robyn Saunders - GZA Geoenvironmental

Long Creek Finance Committee

Curtis Bohlen - Portland nonprofit rep Brian Goldberg - So. Port. private landowner rep David Russell - So. Port. private landowner rep David Thomes - South Portland municipal rep

Long Creek Administrative Team

Legal – Jim Katsiaficas, Perkins Thompson Audit – Marge Hall, Berry, Talbot & Royer Accounting – RHR Smith & Co.

Colonel Westbrook Business Park Maine Mall Jetport Sable Oaks Golf Course

Watershed Statistics

Total Watershed Acreage = 2240 (3.5 sq miles) Total Impervious Acreage = 739 (33%) Total Miles of Streams ~ 10 miles

What is the big picture problem?

Long Creek and its tributaries do not meet state water quality standards

What is the big picture problem?

Urbanization is Hard on Streams

• Vegetation along

the stream is removed

Urbanization is Hard on Streams

• Vegetation along

the stream is removed

• Impervious surfaces

heat and speed water to the stream

Urbanization is Hard on Streams

• Vegetation along

the stream is removed

• Impervious surfaces

heat and speed water to the stream

• Streams channelize,

floodplains fill

Urbanization is Hard on Streams

• Vegetation along

the stream is removed

• Impervious surfaces

heat and speed water to the stream

• Streams channelize,

floodplains fill

• Increased pollutant

load

Long Creek is Impaired

• Stream flow has been

altered

Long Creek is Impaired

• Stream flow has been

altered

• Lack of woody debris

Long Creek is Impaired

• Stream flow has been

altered

• Lack of woody debris
• Dissolved oxygen is low

Long Creek is Impaired

• Stream flow has been

altered

• Lack of woody debris
• Dissolved oxygen is low
• High levels of toxic

substances

Long Creek is Impaired

• Stream flow has been

altered

• Lack of woody debris
• Dissolved oxygen is low
• High levels of toxic

substances

• High levels of chloride

Sondes Monitoring sites permanent & rotating

Blanchette Brook South Branch North Branch Main Stem

Consistently does not meet standards Frequently does not meet standards Occasionally does not meet standards Meets standards

Blanchette Brook Main Stem North Branch South Branch

Dissolved Oxygen

2012 2012 2012

Blanchette Brook Main Stem North Branch South Branch

Chloride

2012 2012 2012

Blanchette Brook Main Stem North Branch South Branch

Metals

Blanchette Brook Main Stem North Branch South Branch

Nutrients

PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)

• Detected several PAH

chemicals commonly associated with coal tar sealants for the third consecutive year

Blanchette Brook Main Stem North Branch South Branch

Macroinvertebrates

Monitoring Summary

The data collected to date suggest the following: – Temperature and dissolved oxygen are issues in the upper portion of the watershed. – Chloride is an issue in the south and north branches. – Metals and nutrients are issues throughout the watershed. – Water quantity is a known issue throughout the watershed and is being analyzed further.

Monitoring Summary

Preliminary data suggest the following: – Improvements in dissolved oxygen in Blanchette Brook and the North Branch – Increased chloride concentrations in the upper and lower main stem

What issues are we addressing?

• Implement non-structural measures

– Chlorides, Metals, Nutrients

• Treat 150 impervious acres

– Volume of water (stream flow), metals, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature

• Implement 10 stream habitat mitigation sites

– Dissolved oxygen, temperature, in-stream habitat, fish passage

Goal: Meet Water Quality Standards by 2020

• Implement non-structural measures

– Vacuum sweeping, catch basin cleaning – Operation & Maintenance Plans – Targeted education – Land use planning & standards promoting low impact development

• Treat 150 impervious acres

– 44.69 acres treated (30%)

• Implement 10 stream habitat mitigation sites

– 2 completed (20%)

Non-structural - Sweeping

50 100 150 200 250 Spring Cleanup Corner to Corner Hot Spot 1 Hot Spot 2 Hot Spot 3

2011 2012

Non-structural – Catch Basin Cleaning

Non-structural – Site/BMP Inspections

• Inspections were focused on properties where

improvements were needed.

Non-structural measures – Winter Maintenance

• Chloride management is a

regional problem and should have a regional solution.

• LCWMD requested that the

Maine DEP explore: – the development of state- wide salt application BMPs

E-24 – Philbrook Avenue E-02 – Maine Mall Road C-11 – Darling Avenue A1-03 – Mall Plaza B-21 – Blanchette Brook Port Resources

What Projects Have We Completed?

Deluca Hoffman Associates Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers Maine Dept. of Transportation Sevee & Maher Engineers Woodard & Curran

• St. Clair Associates

Long Creek Project Engineers

Risbara Bros. White Brothers R.J. Grondin & Sons R.J. Grondin & Sons R.J. Grondin & Sons Biskup Construction

Long Creek Project Contractors

1 – Blanchette Brook

• Terrence J Dewan & Assoc.
• Seabreeze Property Svcs
• Caribou Springs

3 – South Branch

• Boyle Associates
• Bourne Landscaping

What Projects Have We Completed?

Blanchette Brook Restoration Project, Westbrook

Impervious Cover Treated: 16.39 acres Project Cost: $615,796

Blanchette Brook Restoration Project, Westbrook

Impervious Cover Treated: 1.97 acres Project Cost: $51,745

Port Resources, South Portland

Impervious Cover Treated: 1.97 acres Project Cost: $51,745

Port Resources, South Portland

Impervious Cover Treated: 1.97 acres Project Cost: $51,745

Port Resources, South Portland

2013: Catchment C-08 – North Branch

$400K budget for design & construction Proposed treatment: 18 of 30 acres impervious

2014: Catchment A1-14 & A1-03

Design & construction Budget: $450K Proposed treatment: 9.4 of 20 impervious acres along Maine Mall Road

2014: Catchment E-24 – South Branch

Explore treatment options of the Maine Mall area Proposed treatment: 35 of 66 acres impervious

Landowner Obligations

• Pay Assessments on time

– Budget for next fiscal year mailed Feb 1 – Next year’s assessments mailed April 1 – Fiscal Year - July 1 – June 30 – Invoicing biannually - January & July

• Provide easements for BMPs in Plan

Landowner Obligations – talk to us!

Tell us when you have plans to …

• Construct new impervious
• Redevelop
• Sell your property
• Resurface pavement
• Change contractors for

winter maintenance or landscaping

Credit: Bill Watterson

Landowner Obligations

• Implement Operation & Maintenance Plans

– Maintenance of conservation practices (if you installed it, you maintain it) – Winter maintenance – Landscaping – Vacuum sweeping – Catch basin cleaning – Inspection of BMPs

Areas for Exploration – Coal Tar Sealants

• Coal tar-based sealcoat produces 30 times

more PAHs than no sealcoat.

• PAHs may harm fish and, under some

conditions, pose a risk of cancer to humans.

What’s Next?

• Hydrological study
• Applied mapping
• Comprehensive watershed

analysis to develop recommendation for future work

Landowner Participation

127 designated parcels 93.7 % - General Permit 3.15% - Individual Permit 3.15 % - Pending

Thank you

www.restorelongcreek.org tamara@cumberlandswcd.org

LONG CREEK W

ATERSHE SHED MANAGEMENT DISTRI RICT

Long Creek Watershed Management District

Financial Status Curtis Bohlen, LC Treasurer

LCWMD Financial Management

• Fiscal Year – July 1 through June 30
• Financial Controls Policy
• Annual Audits
• Annual budgets approved by Board by end of

January

Where is the Money Going?

ADMIN. 14% CONSTR. & MAINT. 61%

• GD. HSE

KEEPING 17% MONITOR ING 8%

FY 2011 Expense Breakdown TOTAL $1,414,257

FY 2011 values corrected for transfers of “startup” expenses between CCSWCD and LCWMD

Total $795,811

ADMIN. 10% CONSTR & MAINT. 49% GD HSE KEEPING 31%

MONITORING 10%

FY 2012 Expense Breakdown

The Current Fiscal Year

ADMIN. 10% CONSTR & MAINT. 49% GD HSE KEEPING 31%

MONITORING 10%

FY 2012 Expense Breakdown Total $795,811

ADMIN. 3% CONSTR. & MAINT. 87%

• GD. HSE

KEEPING 7%

MONITORING 3%

July – Dec 2012 (FY 2013) Total $654,917

Unaudited Balance Sheet1

ASSETS Bank Account $949,615 Accounts Receivable

• $50,875

Total Current Assets $898,740 Monitoring Equipment 25,425 Completed Projects 2,701,565 Construction In Progress 142,286 Accumulated Depreciation

• 111,735

Total Fixed Assets $2,757,541 Other Assets 16,822 Total Assets $3,673,102 LIABILITIES Accounts Payable $24,689 Other 4,198 Total Current Liabilities 28,887 ME Municipal Bond Bank 1,439,408 Total Long Term Liabilities 1,439,408 Total Liabilities 1,468,294 Equity 2,204,808 Total Liabilities and Equity 3,673,1032

1 Statement as of December 31, 2012 2Totals do not add exactly due to rounding