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Water Quality Program Shared Leadership The State Perspective

Water Quality Program Shared Leadership The State Perspective. M. D. Smolen Water Quality Leadership Team. NWQLT briefing to CSREES Executive Council June 20, 2002. The National Water Quality Program: a little history…. Program started 1989 with focus on ground water. 1991 through 1998

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Water Quality Program Shared Leadership The State Perspective

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  1. Water Quality Program Shared LeadershipThe State Perspective M. D. Smolen Water Quality Leadership Team NWQLT briefing to CSREES Executive CouncilJune 20, 2002

  2. The National Water Quality Program:a little history… • Program started 1989 with focus on ground water. • 1991 through 1998 • 54 Extension Water Quality Coordinators • 74 Hydrologic Unit Area projects • 16 Demonstration projects • 6 Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA)/Agricultural Systems for Environmental Quality (ASEQ) projects

  3. Accomplishments • A robust network of water quality programs in all states and territories • Educated ourselves (staff, students, faculty) and the public on the relationship of agriculture to water quality • Changed the philosophy of producers - Pollution control is now part of doing business.

  4. Accomplishments • Educational support for EQIP • Educational support for Nonpoint Source Programs (319) • Educational support for Source Water Protection (Safe Drinking Water Act) • Educational support for state water quality programs

  5. . Drinking Water Education • “We have screened over 15,000 wells since 1989 with the following accomplishments: • Increased 15,000 homeowners'understanding of well protection • Adoption of 30 county well-protection ordinances since 1990 • Implemented 5,000 Home*A*Syst assessments since 1998” • - Greg Jennings, North Carolina WQC

  6. Hydrologic Unit Area Projects Milking center system Reduces waste water Two-stage lagoon cuts pollution 69-90% North Bosque HUA Project, Texas

  7. Nitrate contamination from septic tanks in Rhode Island is addressed by the URI Water Quality Program

  8. Riparian Management • Functions of Riparian Areas • Store water, reduce floods • Stabilize stream banks • Shade streams to maintain water temperature • Provide shelter and food • Provide repositories of biological diversity • Mitigate the effects of non-point source (NPS) pollution

  9. Lesson on Stream Bank Erosion With a Stream Trailer

  10. Water Quality Modeling Research Salt Fork Watershed Oklahoma

  11. Volunteer Monitoring and Youth Education

  12. Accomplishments • Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst • Project NEMO • Volunteer Monitoring • Animals Waste Management • Minority education • Youth education • Agricultural BMPs

  13. Biggest Accomplishment – the National Network of Water Quality Coordinators

  14. Water Quality Strategic Plan(from 1997) • Seven goals • Competitive funding • Program Centers • Projects of National Significance • Shared Leadership

  15. Water Quality Strategic Plan(2002) • Seven goals – these have changed • Competitive funding – 406 • Program Centers – theme teams • Projects of National Significance – national facilitation projects • Shared Leadership – shared leadership

  16. The national program is more than 406.. • 406 is a funding source. • 406 Regional Projects help coordinate the National Program. • 406 National Facilitation projects are a resource to the National Program.

  17. 406 funding is a motivator… • It steers the program to watersheds. • It steers the program to partnerships (particularly with EPA). • It funds directly those who do the work.

  18. What is shared leadership?(Federal and State partnership) • Together we control the direction, quality, and character of the program. • Together we identify program priorities and set goals. • Together we develop strategies and goals. • Each partner contributes.

  19. What does the Federal partner bring to the table? • 406 funding • Communication channels between states and federal agencies • Representation at the National scene • Federal priorities • Entrée to federal agencies and decision makers • A bully pulpit

  20. What do we, the State partner, bring to the table? • Land grant resources (extension, research, teaching) – mostly supported by other funds • Partnerships at state and local level • Partnerships with NGOs, influential citizens, producers, and environmental groups • The credibility of the agricultural research system

  21. Shared leadership moves us in the right direction

  22. What can states do to promote the program • Participate in work groups to assist CSREES. • Represent CSREES in meetings away from Washington. • Market the program and generate visible results.

  23. What we expect from our federal partner… • Support for the basic elements of our system (education and research). • Representation with USDA, EPA, and other federal agencies • Introduction to new partners and help to market the program

  24. We are committed to shared leadership for the water quality program.

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