2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/08/2017 | 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | WATERSHED BASED PLANNING: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION REDUCTION TARGETS TO IMPROVE RECEIVING WATER QUALITY WITHOUT TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GOALS, MASSACHUSETTS, USA | 306A
WATERSHED BASED PLANNING: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION REDUCTION TARGETS TO IMPROVE RECEIVING WATER QUALITY WITHOUT TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GOALS, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
The Massachusetts chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is working on stormwater projects in the Taunton River Watershed in Southeastern Massachusetts. The Taunton River is the longest undammed coastal river in New England, and part of the largest herring run in New England. It is a federally wild and scenic river, and the Taunton Watershed is the fastest developing watershed in Massachusetts. This watershed provides an interesting set of management challenges as high quality ecosystems and habitats are exposed to increasing development stressors in subwatersheds with few total maximum daily load (TMDL) limits on pollutants. TNC has been working on dam removal and fish passage on tributaries in the Taunton watershed since 2007. As diadromous fish return to previously blocked spawning habitat, water quality issues linked to stormwater pollution are an important challenge to continuing restoration. TNC is currently working on HUC-12 subwatershed based planning of nature based solutions using modeling, conceptual planning, and community engagement processes. TNC and partners have utilized different resources and techniques to set ecologically relevant pollution reduction targets in developing subwatersheds where no TMDLs exist.
- C16 Restoration Ecology
- C36 Water Resource Management
- C27 Landuse and Non-Point source Impacts
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Sara Burns
(), The Nature Conservancy, sara.burns@tnc.org;
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