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Celebrating 40 years of taking care of Missouris natural resources. Missouri Wetland Water Quality Standards: Update Bill Whipps Water Protection Program Missouri Department of Natural Resources Celebrating 40 years of taking care of

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Celebrating 40 years of taking care of Missouri’s natural resources.

Missouri Wetland Water Quality Standards: Update

Bill Whipps Water Protection Program Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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  • 1. Define wetlands as “state waters”
  • 2. Designate uses that protect wetland

structure and function

  • 3. Adopt narrative criteria and numeric

criteria to protect designated uses

  • 4. Adopt narrative biological criteria
  • 5. Extend antidegradation policy

Steps for Developing Wetlands WQS:

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  • 1. Monitoring and Assessment
  • 2. Regulatory activities (incl. 401 cert.)
  • 3. Voluntary Restoration and Protection
  • 4. Water Quality Standards for Wetlands

Core Elements of a Wetlands Program:

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Core Element: Water Quality Standards

  • 1. Ensure that wetlands are treated as

waters in state water quality programs

  • 2. Develop wetland-specific WQS
  • 3. Incorporate wetland-specific WQS into

agency decision making

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Missouri Reference Wetlands Objectives:

1.Identify candidate reference wetlands 2.Develop quantitative method to determine candidate reference site conditions 3.Validate reference site selection

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Missouri Reference Wetlands

Outputs: 1.Set of reference wetlands 2.Water quality and biological dataset 3.Department website for wetland WQS 4.Final report

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Missouri Reference Wetlands

Outcomes: 1.Understanding of wetland water quality 2.Understanding of wetland attainable uses 3.Support for development of wetland WQS

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Wetlands WQS: Moving Forward

Assigning wetlands to Class W

  • Public lands
  • Outstanding State Resource Waters
  • Water Resources Center study wetlands
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Public Land Wetlands Currently in Table G

Big Buffalo CA Lakes Cooley Lake Duck Creek Fountain Grove Lakes Marais Temps Clair Monopoly Lake Willowood Lake Otter Lake Pershing St. Park Lakes Settle’s Ford CA Lakes Squaw Creek NWR Pools South Pool Levee 3 Swan Lake Levee 5

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Cooley Lake (Conservation Area)

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Monopoly Lake (Mingo NWR)

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Swan Lake/South Pool (NWR)

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Settle’s Ford Lakes (Conservation Area)

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Public Land Wetlands Not in Table G

Bee Hollow CA Big Lake Marsh (OSRW) Chloe Lowry Marsh (OSRW) Busch Memorial Wetlands Little Bean Marsh Marion Bottoms Van Meter Marsh (OSRW)

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Big Lake Marsh (State Park)

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Marion Bottom (Conservation Area)

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Wetlands WQS: Moving Forward

Assign designated uses and criteria

  • Apply select uses to all wetlands
  • Apply select criteria to all wetlands
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Wetlands WQS: Potential Challenges

  • 1. Assigning designated uses
  • Some uses not appropriate for wetlands
  • Lack of data to set appropriate criteria
  • 2. Stakeholder concerns
  • Including wetlands used or designed for

wastewater treatment/stormwater control

  • Not going far enough/moving too slowly
  • Need for better inventory of state wetlands
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Next steps

  • Implement Missouri Reference Wetlands
  • Draft initial set of wetlands for Class W
  • Assign appropriate designated uses
  • Assign appropriate WQ criteria
  • Continue dialogue
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Questions?