Stormwater Identify in the contributing drainage area that lack -- Stormwater retrofit Stormwater % treated X X X management stormwater management and implement practices to study management disconnect imperviousness and provide water quality provided for Implement 2 treatment. majority of neighborhood watershed See watershed wide strategies. projects Pet and wildlife See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory wildlife Vegetated -- X X X waste populations in the buffers for management watershed majority of open waters Enhanced pet waste and wildlife management programs Education and See watershed wide strategies. -- Outreach campaign Conduct focused -- X X outreach that addresses sources outreach every of E. coli St. Louis Bay Merritt Land use Update ordinances to include enforcement of pet waste -- Updated ordinances Compliance with X X (4010201116) Creek planning and ordinances. as needed ordinances (cont.) (-987) ordinances Update ordinances as needed to require vegetated buffers (cont.) on open waters. Sediment, See Section -- Streambank Riparian restoration downstream of 1-35 to address lack -- Restore 1 high priority Restoration -- X X X X X -- others 2 stabilization and of canopy species and invasive reed canary stream reach projects on 4 riparian stream locations Restoration of priority reaches as described in SSLSWCD management as described in 2017a and Figure 23 including East Branch 1/3rd mile SSLSWCD – upstream of Skyline Parkway. (Appendix B) Address stream reaches that are warming (see Figure 21). Address all reaches showing See watershed wide strategies. increases in temperature Stream crossing Replace, remove or repair road crossing at Superior Hiking -- Upgrade crossing Address high # of stream X X X X and culvert and other barriers as identified in Figure 17. Superior Hiking Trail priority stream crossings improvements crossings (i.e., See watershed wide strategies. fish barriers) See watershed wide strategies. Impaired St. Louis E. coli See Section Reduce # of TMDL Address E. coli loading from Stewart Creek (see Stewart X X X X X Unknown beaches 2 beach implementation Creek) (-A91, closings to -A87, zero TMDL Complete TMDL development for impaired beaches. -- Complete TMDLs and -- X X -A89, and development implementation plan -A90) Address Ensure compliance with discharge permits. -- Compliance with Compliance with -- X X discharge of discharge permits discharge untreated See watershed wide strategies. permits wastewater
Stormwater management Identify in the contributing drainage area that lack stormwater management and implement practices to disconnect imperviousness and provide water quality treatment. See watershed wide strategies. -- Stormwater retrofit study Implement 2 neighborhood projects Stormwater management provided for majority of watershed % treated X X X Pet and wildlife waste management See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory wildlife populations in the watershed Enhanced pet waste and wildlife management programs Vegetated buffers for majority of open waters -- X X X Education and outreach See watershed wide strategies. -- Outreach campaign that addresses sources of E. coli Conduct focused outreach every -- X X St. Louis Bay (4010201116) (cont.) Merritt Creek (-987) (cont.) Land use planning and ordinances Update ordinances to include enforcement of pet waste ordinances. Update ordinances as needed to require vegetated buffers on open waters. -- Updated ordinances as needed Compliance with ordinances X X Sediment, others See Section 2 -- Streambank stabilization and riparian management Riparian restoration downstream of 1-35 to address lack of canopy species and invasive reed canary Restoration of priority reaches as described in SSLSWCD 2017a and Figure 23 including East Branch – 1/3rd mile upstream of Skyline Parkway. Address stream reaches that are warming (see Figure 21). See watershed wide strategies. -- Restore 1 high priority stream reach Restoration projects on 4 stream locations as described in SSLSWCD (Appendix B) Address all reaches showing increases in temperature -- X X X X X -- Stream crossing and culvert improvements Replace, remove or repair road crossing at Superior Hiking and other barriers as identified in Figure 17. See watershed wide strategies. -- Upgrade crossing Superior Hiking Trail Address high priority stream crossings (i.e., fish barriers) # of stream crossings X X X X See watershed wide strategies. Impaired beaches (-A91, -A87, -A89, and -A90) St. Louis E. coli See Section 2 Reduce # of beach closings to zero TMDL implementation Address E. coli loading from Stewart Creek (see Stewart Creek) X X X X X Unknown TMDL development Complete TMDL development for impaired beaches. -- Complete TMDLs and implementation plan -- X X Address discharge of untreated wastewater Ensure compliance with discharge permits. See watershed wide strategies. -- Compliance with discharge permits Compliance with discharge permits -- X X
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