Regional Stormwater Management Coordinating Council Meeting May 13, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Regional Stormwater Management Coordinating Council Meeting

May 13, 2015

• Summary of February 18 Meeting
• Special Presentation: Stormwater Quality Solutions: Case

Studies, Aiza Jose, Brown and Gay

• Regulatory Update
• FY15 Work Program Status Update
• FY16 Work Program Approval
• TMDL Update

Special Presentation

Stormwater Quality Solutions:

Case Studies

Aiza Jose, Brown and Gay

Regulatory Update

 S.896 - Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act

• f 2015

 Introduced to the Senate on April 13

 Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public

Works

 Bill aims to create Centers of Excellence for innovative

stormwater control infrastructure, and provide grants for eligible entities to carry out innovative stormwater control infrastructure projects

FY2015 Work Program Update

 Public Education Task Force

 FY15 project (pesticide/fertilizer outreach) is being

developed

 Cooperative Purchase: All the items are distributed  Doo the Right Thing Calendar Contest

/Pet Waste Pledge: dfwstormwater.com/petwaste is updated with 2016 Calendar Photo Contest info; the news release template and sample social media posts are available

 Texas SmartScape

plant sales are in progress

FY2015 Work Program Update

 Pollution Prevention (P2)

 Regional standard operating procedures document

(FY2014 project) finalized by P2 and sent to RSWMCC for review and approval

 Best management practices posters project is

continuing to be developed

 Mansfield site tour held May 12; potential site tour

to be held in the fall in Grand Prairie

FY2015 Work Program Update

 Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination (IDDE)

 IDDE best management poster series is continuing to

be developed

 Dry Weather Field Screening/IDDE Basic Training

Workshop – June 8, 2015 in Carrollton

 IDDE Video (Spanish Translation) – Translation is done

and will be available for distribution soon

 Advanced IDDE Training Development – Training to

• ccur in FY2016

FY2015 Work Program Update

 Stormwater Monitoring Program

 Completed Year 4 (2014) Annual Regional Monitoring

Report and submitted to TCEQ

 1st quarter 2015 samples collected and data

reported

 2nd quarter 2015 samples collected  Began planning for next monitoring permit term

 Current sampling ends Dec 2015

FY2015 Work Program Update

 Public Works Coordination

 Conducted Construction Stormwater Inspection training

class on May 7; next class is August 18

 iSWM outreach to city managers and elected officials

FY2016 Cost Shares

 Cost share email was sent March 18th based on

2014 population estimates

 Overall program budget and individual participant

cost shares increased an average of 10%

FY2016 Work Program

 Presented new project options for FY2016 in

February

 Options were approved

 Have incorporated new projects into Draft FY2016

Work Program

 Seek Council approval to proceed

Water Quality Update



Bacteria TMDL technical subcommittees had second annual meetings to evaluate implementation strategies



Coordination Committee Meeting June 3, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.



Basin-Wide Approach New 303(d) Vision



Upper Trinity River Basin Coordinating Committee May 20, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. Informational meeting for the purpose of establishing an Upper Trinity River Basin Coordinating Committee. Open to all Upper Trinity River Basin Coordinating Committee invitees and their representatives.



2015 Water Quality Management Plan posted for public comment: www.nctcog.org/waterresources

Upcoming Meetings

 IDDE

 July 9, 2015, 9:30 a.m.

 Public Education

 July 15, 2015, 9:30 a.m.

 Pollution Prevention

 July 29, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.

 RSWMCC

 August 19, 2015, 9:30 a.m.

 Wastewater And Treatment Education Roundtable

 July 23, 2015, at 10 a.m.

Upcoming Meetings

 Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Workshops

 May 19 – Wimberley  May 21 – Denton  June 2 – Waxahachie

 StormCon: The North American Surface Water

Quality Conference & Expo

 August 2-6, 2015  Austin, TX

 EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference

 October 18-22, 2015, Hot Springs, Arkansas  Abstracts due June 5th

Roundtable Discussion

It’s your turn!

Stormwater Staff

Jack Tidwell 817-695-9220 jtidwell@nctcog.org Nalani Jay 817-695-9224 njay@nctcog.org Erin Kelly 817-608-2360 ekelly@nctcog.org Liz Zecckine 817-695-9231 ezecckine@nctcog.org Edith Marvin 817-695-9211 emarvin@nctcog.org Tamara Cook 817-695-9221 tcook@nctcog.org Samantha Lamanna 817-695-9215 slamanna@nctcog.org