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Reducing Urban Pollution
Erik Fisher's presentation at the Talbot County Clean Water Forum outlines pollution sources and management strategies for reducing nitrogen pollution in the region, citing agriculture and septic systems as major contributors. The county plans to achieve numeric pollution reduction goals through prioritized ditch restoration techniques and dedicated funding strategies, including potential loans from the U.S. Rural Development Agency. Failure to act poses risks of increased costs and missed financial opportunities, while effective action promises cleaner water and economic benefits.
Reducing Urban Pollution
- 1. Erik Fisher, AICP ReducingUrban Pollution Talbot County Clean Water Forum April 9, 2015
- 2. Pollution sources in TalbotCounty 952,000 Agriculture 85,000 Septic Systems 186,000 Polluted Runoff 75,000 Wastewater Pounds of nitrogen per year 952,000 Agriculture 85,000 Septic Systems 186,000 Polluted Runoff 75,000 Wastewater Pounds of nitrogen per year 952,000 Agriculture 85,000 Septic Systems 186,000 Polluted Runoff 75,000 Wastewater Pounds of nitrogen per year
- 3. Talbot County’s planfor clean water: 1. Numeric goals for pollution reduction 2. Strategies to achieve those goals
- 4. Projected cleanup costs inTalbot County $0 $200,000,000 $400,000,000 $600,000,000 $800,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $1,200,000,000 Original plan County plan Polluted runoff “unrealistic…” “…absurd” ?
- 5. Projected cleanup costs inTalbot County $0 $200,000,000 $400,000,000 $600,000,000 $800,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $1,200,000,000 Original plan County plan Polluted runoff Why? • Automated • Metro area cost assumptions & constraints • No prioritization
- 6. $0 $200,000,000 $400,000,000 $600,000,000 $800,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $1,200,000,000 Original plan Countyplan Polluted runoff Projected cleanup costs in Talbot County
- 7. Projected cleanup costs inTalbot County $0 $200,000,000 $400,000,000 $600,000,000 $800,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $1,200,000,000 Original plan County plan Polluted runoff “…cost effective” “practical…” !
- 8. Projected cleanup costs inTalbot County $0 $200,000,000 $400,000,000 $600,000,000 $800,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $1,200,000,000 Original plan County plan Polluted runoff How? • Local opportunities • Partnerships • Cutting-edge information
- 10. Talbot County’s planfor clean water: 1. Numeric goals for pollution reduction 2. Strategies to achieve those goals Talbot County has identified milestones: stepwise commitments to take action.
- 11. Explore the efficacyof better roadside ditch management.
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- 18. Explore the efficacyof better roadside ditch management.
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- 20. Site inventory &prioritization
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- 22. Action at thetop 150 ditch restoration sites can reduce 8,000 pounds of nitrogen at 10% of the cost of other urban practices.
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- 24. Project design Dedicated fundingis needed now
- 25. Matching $ forconstruction Dedicated funding is needed now
- 26. Eligibility for state$ Dedicated funding is needed now
- 27. The County Councilis considering a proposal for dedicated funding: – Low interest loan from the U.S. Rural Development Agency – Would fund the top 150 ditch sites – Approximately $150,000 / yr – Achieve est. 17% of the County’s total goal
- 28. Inaction means risk. •Outside money left on the table • “Backstop” actions and regulatory consequences • Increasing costs Action means clean water, and a stronger economy.
Editor's Notes
- #2 The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has launched The Biggest Fight for Clean Water this Nation has Ever Seen. This aggressive operation includes: A precedent-setting lawsuit against EPA, as well as work to secure some federal appropriation for the Bay Continued release to the media of scientific findings to educate, frame the debate, and back the cause, and Engagement of the public for grassroots and grasstops advocacy support.
- #3 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #4 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #5 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #6 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #7 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #8 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #9 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #10 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #11 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #12 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #13 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #14 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #15 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #16 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #17 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #18 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #19 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #20 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #21 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #22 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #23 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #24 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.
- #25 The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure with enormous social and economic value and even more potential. In today’s dollars the estimate is greater than $1 trillion. Imagine if the Bay—which is operating at about one quarter of its healthy potential. The Chesapeake Bay provides nearly $700 billion in economic benefit to Maryland and Virginia alone.
- #26 The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure with enormous social and economic value and even more potential. In today’s dollars the estimate is greater than $1 trillion. Imagine if the Bay—which is operating at about one quarter of its healthy potential. The Chesapeake Bay provides nearly $700 billion in economic benefit to Maryland and Virginia alone.
- #27 The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure with enormous social and economic value and even more potential. In today’s dollars the estimate is greater than $1 trillion. Imagine if the Bay—which is operating at about one quarter of its healthy potential. The Chesapeake Bay provides nearly $700 billion in economic benefit to Maryland and Virginia alone.
- #28 The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure with enormous social and economic value and even more potential. In today’s dollars the estimate is greater than $1 trillion. Imagine if the Bay—which is operating at about one quarter of its healthy potential. The Chesapeake Bay provides nearly $700 billion in economic benefit to Maryland and Virginia alone.
- #29 A pollution cap, or Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), would set a maximum amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution that a healthy Bay can tolerate. There are a great many clean water laws on the books. EPA and its partner state governments need to enforce these laws already on the books and create new laws and regulations with clearly defined pollution-reduction criteria and standards. With the current financial crisis facing the nation, it is even more important that dollars spent on clean water be done in a manner that yields the greatest pollution reductions. Another opportunity lies with the economic stimulus package. The stimulus package can bring new life to the economy as well as the Bay and its rivers by providing money for sewage treatment plant upgrades through the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and by making sure all highway projects include runoff pollution control systems.