Total Maximum Daily Load TMDL Program Status Update

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Status Update and Needs Assessment Presented by the Environmental Protection Division March 18, 2008

Presentation Outline v Purpose v TMDL – Program Overview v Group Status v Future Needs v Action Items

Presentation Outline v Purpose v TMDL – Program Overview v Group Status v Future Needs v Action Items

Purpose § BCC presentation-June 14, 2005 § BCC presentation-April 11, 2006 Approved BMAP for Upper Oklawaha Basin § Overview of TMDL Program § Long Branch BMAP § Discuss future needs

Presentation Outline v Purpose v TMDL – Program Overview v Group Status v Future Needs v Action Items

TMDL- Program Overview § Clean Water Act (CWA) – polluted waters must be identified through the 303(d)list every two years § EPA – approves (FDEP) or creates their own lists for TMDLs § Administration: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)

TMDL- Program Overview TMDL = Assimilative Capacity

TMDL- Program Overview Example: Lake Jesup Phosphorus TMDL Existing Phosphorus Load - Calculated TMDL Reduction Required 63, 000 lbs - 41, 000 lbs 22, 000 lbs Also need to factor in loads from future growth!

TMDL- Program Overview Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Basin Rotation Cycle

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 5 Middle St. Johns River (Group 2) Kissimmee River (Group 4) r r p e i ve Up ns R ) 3 Jo h up St. ( G r o Group 4 Ocklawaha River (Group 1) TMDL – Program Overview Basin Rotation Cycle

TMDL – Program Overview Phase 1 - Initial monitoring Phase 2 – Verified listing Phase 3 - TMDL development Phase 4 - Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) § Phase 5 - Implementation § §

Presentation Outline v Purpose v TMDL – Program Overview v Group Status v Future Needs v Action Items

Group Status § § Group 1 - Upper Ocklawaha Basin Lake Apopka, Beauclair, Carlton, BMAP adoption in 2007 Commitment - continued monitoring and education Partnerships with SJRWMD and Lake County r r p e i ve Up ns R ) 3 Jo h up St. ( G r o Ocklawaha River (Group 1)

Group Status Group 2 - Middle St. Johns Basin § § § Wekiva River Little Wekiva River Rock Springs Wekiva Springs Lake Lawne Middle St. Johns River (Group 2) §Crane Strand §Drain (Little Econ River) §Little Econ River §Lake Jesup §Long Branch §Lake Minehaha §Spring Lake §Lake Winyah §Bay Lake §Lake Concord

Group Status Group 2 - Middle St. Johns Basin BMAP’s underway for - Lake Jesup, Crane Strand, Wekiva group Long Branch BMAP approval – Coliform and Dissolved Oxygen Impairments Commitment – § regional projects externally § retrofits, new technologies, source monitoring, flow analyses

Group Status Group 2 - Middle St. Johns Basin Long Branch BMAP

Group Status Management Action Responsible Party Timeline Cost MS 4 Permit Implementation Orange Co Ongoing Countywide Public Education & Outreach Orange Co Ongoing Countywide Econ. River Ordinance Orange Co Ongoing Countywide Parks Total Phosphorus Removal Orange Co Ongoing Countywide Ag. Best Management Practices DACS & Private Landowners Ongoing Statewide Pollution Abatement Swale Design Criteria Orange Co Under development Countywide Environmental Resource Permitting SJRWMD & Private Landowners Ongoing Districtwide

Group Status Management Action Responsibl e Party Timeline Cost Hydrologic Measurements Orange Co Begin in 2008 $45, 000/yr 1 Sanitary Survey Orange Co /Health Dept. 2008 $1, 500 (EPD staff time) $TBD (Health Dept. staff time) Optical Brightener Testing Orange Co 2008 (pending equipment availability) $1, 500

Group Status Group 3 - Upper St. Johns Basin St. Johns River FDACS - lead Green. PLACE Acquisitions Commitment – continued monitoring r r p e i ve Up ns R ) 3 Jo h up St. ( G r o § §

Group Status Group 4 - Upper Kissimmee Basin § § § § Butler Mann Clear Pineloch Holden Catherine Mary Jane Cane Kissimmee River (Group 4)

Group Status Group 4 - Upper Kissimmee Basin § TMDL’s delayed • due to Lake Okeechobee TMDL’s § BMAP organization - late 2008 § Commitment – monitoring and future regional and internal projects

Presentation Outline v Purpose v TMDL – Program Overview v Group Status v Future Needs v Action Items

Future Needs Education § Septic maintenance § Fertilizer use

Future Needs Rules § Fertilizer Ordinance § Water Quality Ordinance § Comprehensive Planning Effort • Low Impact Development • Stormwater Reuse § Septic • Variances

Future Needs Funding Needs § Increased Water Quality Monitoring Responsibilities § Enhanced recordkeeping § Increased Operation & Maintenance § Upgrade existing stormwater systems

Future Needs Funding Options § CIP § Stormwater Utility Fee

Presentation Outline v Purpose v TMDL – Program Overview v Group Status v Future Needs v Action Items

Action Items Approve resolution supporting the adoption of the Long Branch Basin Management Action Plan Board direction on funding for the TMDL program

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program Status Update and Needs Assessment Environmental Protection Division March 18, 2008