Green Fleet Education Session - Storm Water Pollution Prevention 8.10.16

1. Watershed Management
Storm Water Pollution Prevention
South Shore Clean Cities
NIRPC, August 10, 2015

2. The Watershed Approach
 Geographically defined
 Collaborative
 Strategically addresses water
resource goals (ex. water quality,
habitat)
Build
Partnerships
Characterize
Watershed
Set Goals &
Identify
Solutions
Design &
Implement Plan
Measure
Progress &
Make
Adjustments

3. Deep River-Portage Burns Waterway
 Drainage area of 180 sq.
mi.
 290 miles of stream
 14 municipalities

7. Objectives to restore aquatic life:
 Improve dissolved oxygen levels
 Reduce nutrient and sediment loads
 Restore riparian vegetation
 Improve bed form diversity
 Improve channel stability
 Provide floodplain connectivity
 Reduce storm water runoff volume and rates

8. Contact Information
Joe Exl
Senior Water Resource Planner
NIRPC
6100 Southport Road
Portage, IN 46368
219-763-6060 x137
jexl@nirpc.org
http://www.nirpc.org/environment/deep-river-portage-
burns-waterway-initiative.aspx