Title: Regional Water Quality Coordination Program USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension
1Regional Water Quality Coordination Program
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service
- Coordinate the Land Grant Universities
- Integrate Research, Education and Extension
- Build Partnerships with US EPA, other federal,
state and local agencies, and other academic
institutions
2USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service National Integrated Water
Quality Program
- National Program Elements
- Committee on Shared Leadership for Water Quality
- Regional Coordination Programs
- National Facilitation Projects
- Education/Extension Projects
- Integrated Research, Education and Extension
Projects - Conservation Effects Assessment Project
3INPUTS
OUTCOMES
Citizen Team Participants
EPA 319
Regulations
Policy Discussions
Others
Extension Educators
EPA SDWA
Science Data
Applied Research
Extension Specialists
USDA Conservation Programs
Fact Sheets, Ed. Materials
Outreach Transfer of Info. to Target Audiences
Researchers
Wastewater Operations
Technical Engineering Help
NRCS CIG
Instructors
406 Regional
CLEAN WATER
Professionals Trained
State CES
Incentive Packages/ Tools
406 Natl. Facilitation
Manufacturing Operations
Education Outreach
Section 406 (REE integration)
406 Extension Education
White Papers
Environ. Monitoring -Priority indicators
Hatch
406 Integrated
Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
NRI
Landowner and local community action
EPA Staff
RREA
NRCS Staff
LENSES How Inputs can be deployed
NGOs
Earmarks
Short Med Long
People/Expertise
Activities
Participation
Products
4Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Partners
- Cornell University
- Rutgers University
- University of Puerto Rico
- University of the Virgin Islands
- In close collaboration with US EPA Region 2
5Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Key elements
- Operating within US EPA regional boundary (NJ,
NY, PR, VI) - Regional coordinator also serves as US EPA Region
2 / Cooperative Extension Liaison - State Water Quality Coordinators at each Land
Grant University - Participation of university faculty and EPA
Region 2 staff and management
6Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Broad WQ Theme Areas
- Animal Waste Management
- Drinking Water and Human Health
- Nutrient Management
- Watershed Protection
7Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Regional Initiatives
- Animal Waste Management for Small Farms
- Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Management
- Nutrient Trading
8Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Animal Waste Management for Small Farms
- Identify areas where animal waste is contributing
to water quality degradation - Tailor assessment and management assistance to
the needs and capabilities of small farms - Additional focus areas include horse farms,
feeding regimens, manure composting, and on-farm
biogas generation
9Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Management
- Symposiums to promote information sharing,
regional coordination and use of the US EPA
Voluntary Guidelines - Support and promote information sharing among
demonstration projects throughout the region - Regional training on system design and management
in partnership with the University of Rhode
Island and other national leaders in the field
10USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service, Regional Water Quality Program
- Nutrient Trading Initiative
- Explore trading opportunities and challenges
within region (dialogue with faculty, states,
EPA) - Identify potential roles for the Land Grant
Universities - Engage faculty, agencies, utilities and other
potential project participants - Facilitate collaboration
- Assess trading feasibility
- Trading program design, implementation,
evaluation - Feasibility assessment for Raritan Basin in New
Jersey
11Regional Water Quality Coordination in US EPA
Region 2
- Additional Regional Theme Areas
- Watershed planning and assessment
- Watershed scale research to support science-based
decision making - Extension programming
- Environmental restoration
- Stream bank restoration
- Pollution assessment and prevention
- Tailoring assessment and management practice
materials for use in the region
12Purpose of the Meeting
- Focused working sessions addressing the three
regional initiatives - Overview of the issues
- Progress report
- Develop detailed work plans for the coming year
- Engage participants/identify funding
opportunities - Watershed Planning and Assessment Scoping session