Jordan Lake Water Quality Rules

1. Jordan Lake Water Quality Rules Anna Barnes: Graduate Student James Blackwell: Graduate Student Amy Dombrowski: Graduate Student, Natural Resources NCSU BrunellGuglemann: Graduate Student, Natural Resources NCSU Alicia Raimondi: Graduate Student in, Natural Resources NCSU Daniel Riechers: Graduate Student

2. Outline • Introduction • Jordan Lake background • Significance and Purpose • Jordan Lake Water Quality Rules • Policy Appraisal • Goals of the rules • Persistent Problems • Decision Process Analysis • Social Process Analysis • Correcting the Process • Alternative Solutions • Benefits for the Common Interest • Significance • Conclusions • Questions

3. Introduction: Background • Upper Cape Fear River Basin • Nutrient Rich Reservoir • Water Quality • Eutrophic Waters • NSW classification • Who is affected? • Upstream Communities • Downstream Communities

4. Introduction: Background • Jordan Lake Watershed

5. Introduction: Background

6. Introduction: Background • Significance • Water Quality • Increased economic and population growth can degrade the aquatic habitat • Residents • Poor water quality could threaten the use of the lake • Safe Drinking Water • Recreation • Policy • Largest collaborative effort with the public coordinated by Department of Water Quality (DWQ) • Adaptive Management approach • Purpose • Restore and maintain nutrient related water quality standards • Protect classified uses stated in the rules

7. Introduction: Background • Stakeholder Project of 2008 • Nutrient Strategy Management Plan • Storm water Rules • Existing Development • New Development • Offsetting Nutrient Off Loads • Riparian Buffer • Wastewater Discharge • Agriculture • Fertilizer Management • Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

8. Policy: Goals • Jordan Lake Water Quality Rules of 2009 • Storm Water Rules apply to both existing and new development. For existing development local governments must develop a program that teaches the public, that maps sanitary sewers and waters, identifies and removes discharges, identifies opportunities for improving infrastructure and ensures the maintenance of best management practices. For new development local governments are required to develop programs that approve storm water management plans, follow requirements of water supply watershed rules, ensure maintenance of best management practices and ensure the enforcement and compliance of the water quality rules. • Nutrient loads should be offset and activities must meet minimum onsite reduction requirements before purchasing credits. • Riparian buffers must have a 50-foot wide clearance and local governments must develop and implement programs where the Division of Water Quality has jurisdiction. • Wastewater discharge rules apply to existing facilities that receive current nutrient bearing waters. These facilities must set limits on nitrogen and phosphorus loads and reduce these levels. • Agriculture sites must comply with run off and pollution regulations to meet the nutrient reduction goals. • By August of 2012 fertilizer application must be made by applicators that have completed the nutrient management-training course or have a nutrient management plant.

9. Policy: Persistant Problems • Decision Process • Analysis overview • Problems • Prescription • Implementation

10. Policy: Problems • Upstream Communities • Base Values • Strategies • Outcomes • Effects • Downstream Communities • Base Values • Strategies • Outcomes • Developers • Base Values • Strategies • Outcomes

12. Correcting the Problems: What

13. Correcting the Problems: Who

14. Correcting the Problems: Why

15. Conclusions