Introduction In 2008 the Chesapeake Executive Council charged the seven jurisdictions to develop two-year milestones for pollution reduction to the Chesapeake Bay and to track the pace of restoration. The two-year milestones provide short-term objectives and are part of an overall accountability framework to assess progress on restoration goals. When fully implemented, the seven Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) will ensure that practices are in place by 2017 to reduce the load by 60 percent. By 2025, all practices necessary to meet the target loading levels will be in place. The two-year milestones allow jurisdictions the opportunity to adapt implementation strategies outlined in their WIPs as necessary to meet those goals and achieve the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standard. [Jurisdiction’s] 2013 milestone commitments are to reduce nitrogen by pounds, phosphorus by pounds, and sediment by tons xx xx xx by the end of 2013, compared to the 2009 baseline. Pollutant Reduction Progress and Future Targets by Source Sector “Jurisdiction’s” Nitrogen Phosphorus Sediment The trajectory lines illustrate 140M 6M the level of 3B reductions in the milestones relative to the 120M 5M 2009 loadings 2.5B and 2017 target loadings. 100M 4M 2B 80M 3M 1.5B 60M 40M 2M 1B 20M 1M 500M 0 0 0 1985 2013† 2017* 2025* Urban Point Non-Tidal Atmospheric Septic Projected Target Runoff Source Deposition 2 Year Milestone Planning Target * †
Introduction In 2008 the Chesapeake Executive Council charged the seven jurisdictions to develop two-year milestones for pollution reduction to the Chesapeake Bay and to track the pace of restoration. The two-year milestones provide short-term objectives and are part of an overall accountability framework to assess progress on restoration goals. When fully implemented, the seven Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) will ensure that practices are in place by 2017 to reduce the load by 60 percent. By 2025, all practices necessary to meet the target loading levels will be in place. The two-year milestones allow jurisdictions the opportunity to adapt implementation strategies outlined in their WIPs as necessary to meet those goals and achieve the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standard. [Jurisdiction’s] milestone commitments are to reduce nitrogen by xx pounds, phosphorus by xx pounds, and sediment by xx tons by the end of 2013, compared to the 2009 baseline. “Jurisdiction’s” Pollutant Reduction Progress and Future Targets by Source Sector Nitrogen Phosphorus Sediment 140M 6M 3B 120M 5M 2.5B The trajectory lines illustrate the level of reductions in the 2013 milestones relative to the 2009 loadings and 2017 target loadings. 100M 4M 2B 80M 60M 3M 1.5B 40M 2M 1B 20M 1M 500M 0 0 0 1985 2013† 2017* 2025* Urban Runoff Point Source Non-Tidal Atmospheric Deposition Septic Projected Target † 2 Year Milestone * Planning Target
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