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Regional Water Quality Management Planning: Wh t W What We Know About the Current State of Our K Ab t th C t St t f O Water Resources

SEWRPC Regional Water Quality Management Plan U d Update for the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds f h G Mil k W h d Presentation for Root ‐ Pike WIN Watershed Visioning Session Root Pike WIN Watershed Visioning Session November 10, 2009 Michael G. Hahn, PE, PH SEWRPC Chief Environmental Engineer

SEWRPC Regional Water Quality Management Plan Update/MMSD 2020 Facilities Plan p / Cooperative, Intergovernmental, Watershed ‐ Based Planning Program Partners:

REGIONAL WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN SE WISCONSIN MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN SE WISCONSIN • • Initial 1979 Regionwide Plan Initial 1979 Regionwide Plan Amended by SEWRPC Milwaukee Harbor Estuary Study in • 1987 1987 • 1995 SEWRPC Report Documented Status of Implementation of 1979 Plan • Continuing Program is Ongoing—WDNR & SEWRPC Cooperative Program with U.S. EPA Support (sewer service areas, environmental h ( l corridor protection, etc.) • • 2003 2007 RWQMPU for Greater Milwaukee Watersheds 2003 ‐ 2007 RWQMPU for Greater Milwaukee Watersheds

208 Plan Objectives 208 Plan Objectives • Develop a watershed ‐ based plan – Holistically address all water pollution sources – Cost ‐ effectively improve water quality – Meet designated water use objectives and water quality Meet designated water use objectives and water quality standards/criteria to the degree possible – Consider alternatives to simply meeting current regulations for point source control if a greater improvement in water quality can be achieved cost ‐ effectively

SEWRPC Regional Water Quality y Management Plan Update Study Area

CIVIL DIVISIONS CIVIL DIVISIONS WITHIN THE ROOT RIVER WATERSHED: 2000 2000

SEWRPC Regional Water Quality Management Plan Update Pl U d • SEWRPC has Prepared Two Reports: – Planning Report No. 50, A Regional Water Quality Management Plan Update for the Greater Milwaukee Management Plan Update for the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds – Technical Report No. 39, Water Quality Conditions and T h i l R t N 39 W t Q lit C diti d Sources of Pollution in the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds – View reports at sewrpc.org under “Water Quality Management Plan” and “Plan Chapters”