Watershed Management in New Jersey Upper Navesink Water Qualtiy Meeting

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Watershed Management in New JerseyUpper Navesink
Water Qualtiy Meeting

• Robert A. Mancini, Section Chief
• Division of Watershed Management
• Bureau of Watershed Planning
• Department of Environmental Protection
• September 21, 2005

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New Jerseys Watershed Management Areas
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What is the purpose of watershed management?

• Holistic Approach to
• Water quality
• Water quantity
• Ecosystem health
• Develop Partnerships
• Continuously Improve
• Provide Coordination of NJDEP Activities

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Comprehensive Strategy for Addressing Water
Quality Impairments

• Total Maximum Daily Loads
• NJPDES Phase II (NJAC 714)
• Stormwater Management (NJAC 78)
• C 1 Surface Water Classifications
• Watershed Restoration Protection Plans
• Regional Stormwater Management Plans
• Implementation Projects w/Partnerships

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Comprehensive Strategy for Addressing Water
Quality Impairments

• Total Maximum Daily Loads
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
• Watershed Plan / Segments
• NJPDES Phase II
• Stormwater Management

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Category One Waters (HUC14s)
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Watershed Plans/Restoration Plans/Priority Stream
Segment Plans/RSWMP

• Determine Root Cause for environmental problems
• Identify restoration/implementation projects
  actions
• Responsible parties
• Funding sources - CBT, 319(h), Infrastructure
  Trust, USEPA Grants, NRCS, NY/NJ Harbor Estuary
  Program, NJCVA Program, Wetlands Mitigation
  Council, NOAA, etc.
• Timelines for implementation
• Track Progress on achieving water quality standard

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Watershed Protection/Restoration/Priority Stream
Segment and RSWMP Plans

• Working with PACs/TACs partnerships, developed
  basic criteria to prioritize waterbodies and
  stream segments of interest
• Some of the criteria include
• Headwater areas
• Proximity to drinking water supply
• Proximity to recreational/exceptional valued
  areas (Shellfish Harvesting, primary contact
  etc.)
• Possibility of Adverse Human Health Conditions
• Number of use impairments
• Possibility to evaluate several impairments
• Measurable change
• Probability of human source
• Availability of Partnerships
• High Anticipated Success Level

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WMA12 Watershed Protection/Restoration
Plans/RSWMP (continued)

• WMA 12 Waterbodies and stream segments of
  interest
• Shark River near Neptune (TMDL and Priority
  Stream Segment)
• Shrewsbury (C-1)
• Wreck Pond Watershed (RSWMP)
• Ramanessin Brook Watershed (RSWMP)
• Deal Lake Watershed (TMDL and RSWMP)
• Manasquan River (C-1 and various WQ Impairments)
• Navesink/Swimming River (Shellfish Waters and
  RSWMP)
• DEVELOP PLANS THAT IDENTIFY IMPLEMENTATION
• PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE WQ
  IMPAIRMENTS

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Information

• Division website www.nj.gov/dep/watershedmgt
• Division address
• Division of Watershed Management
• 401 E. State Street, PO Box 418
• Trenton, NJ 08625-0418
• [phone]