HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

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HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• Presentation
• John M. Carlock, AICP
• Deputy Executive Director, Physical Planning
• Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
• Virginia Water Monitoring Council Conference 2004
• October 18, 2004

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WHAT IS THE HRPDC

• 1 of 21 Regional Planning Agencies
• State enabled locally created
• Commission 44 members
• 28 Elected Officials
• 16 Chief Administrative Officers
• Staff Executive Director 42 staff
• Organization Administration, Economics,
  Physical Planning, Transportation
• Budget - 6,000,000
• Functions Policy, Technical Assistance,
  Coordination, Planning and Engineering Studies

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REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Area 3,000 square miles
• Shoreline 5,000 miles (Tidal and Nontidal)
• Wetland Acreage 417,000 acres (est.)
• potentially 1/3 of land on Southside Hampton
  Roads
• More than any other region.
• Rare and Endangered Species 40 plus in Southern
  Watershed of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach alone
• Water Resources - tidal estuaries, drinking water
  reservoirs, free flowing streams

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HAMPTON ROADS PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
SCALE1 8 MILES APPROX
Lake Gaston
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URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES

• Stormwater Management
• Drainage
• Flooding
• Erosion and Sediment Control
• Pollution Prevention
• Water Supply
• Surface Water
• Ground Water
• Water Quality
• Tributary Strategies
• TMDL
• Stream Restoration
• Institutional

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HAMPTON ROADS RESPONSE

• Regional Water Resource Programs
• Technical Advisory Committees
• Technical Studies
• Legislative Regulatory Participation
• Educational Programs
• Memoranda of Agreement
• Ground Water Mitigation
• Stormwater Management
• Multiple Benefits Conservation Plan
• Monitoring
• Indicators of Stormwater Program Effectiveness
• Ground Water Levels Chlorides (w/USGS)
• Protocols for Bacteria Testing
• Protocol for Rapid Toxicity Testing

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HAMPTON ROADS RESPONSE (cont.)

• Analyses and Statements of Principles
• Chesapeake Bay Agreement
• Tributary Strategies
• Water Supply Planning
• Funding
• Regional Plans and Operational Programs
• Stormwater Management
• Water Supply Wastewater Management
• Environmental Education HR CLEAN, HR FOG, HR
  STORM HR WET
• Reporting Systems
• Stormwater Effectiveness Indicators
• Sanitary Sewer Overflows

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HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM

• Public Education and Training
• Legislative/Regulatory Participation
• Regional Studies
• Technical Assistance
• Phase II Program (2002)

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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GOALS

• Meet the needs of citizens.
• Implement cost-effective and flexible program
  components.
• Satisfy permit requirements.
• Manage stormwater quantity and quality to the
  maximum extent practicable.
• Implement public information activities to
  increase citizen awareness and support for the
  program.
• Approved HRPDC, 9/99

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TKN Comparison
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STORMWATER PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS INDICATORS
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EFFECTIVENESS INDICATORS

• Reduction in nutrient loadings
• Green areas, e.g. parklands/stream valley parks,
  wetlands and other conservation areas,
  protected/restored
• Number of illicit connections identified and
  corrected. Includes cross-connections, illicit
  discharges, sewer discharges and spills
• Number of BMPs installed, inspected, maintained
  and retrofitted
• Number of responses to assistance requests

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EFFECTIVENESS INDICATORS (cont.)

• Erosion and sediment control enforcement actions
• Construction permits issued
• Cumulative miles of drainage ditches and number
  of catch basins serviced
• Street sweeping miles and materials recovered
• Public outreach activities, including workshops,
  presentations, stream cleanups, riparian
  restoration and other. (Numbers of activities,
  numbers of participants, environmental awareness)

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CONCLUSIONS ABOUT INDICATORS PROGRAM

• Hampton Roads local governments are making a
  significant commitment to stormwater management.
• Cost-effective tool for communicating
  programmatic activities.
• Phase II communities will be incorporated in
  future years.
• Measure of progress for regulatory programs.
• Need water quality indicators are we making
  progress?

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CONTINUING NEEDS

• Effectiveness of practices
• Street Sweeping
• Manufactured (Proprietary) BMPs
• Low Impact Development
• Education
• Evaluation Tools
• Water quality modeling
• Impacts of growth
• DNA Library
• Citizen Surveys and Focus Groups
• Institutional coordination integration

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FUNDING WATER QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION
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COMMON THEMES IN WATER RESOURCE PROGRAMS

• Sound Science
• Cost-Effectiveness
• Program Coordination, Integration Flexibility
• Regional Cooperation
• Education Personal Responsibility
• Funding