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1. Virginia’s Plan for Clean Water: Is the Commonwealth On Track?
Residents in the region are starting to see the benefits of investments and improvements made in
local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. The practices that protect and restore our waterways—
tree plantings, conservation planning, septic hookups, and upgrades to wastewater treatment plants—
ultimately improve our quality of life by reducing flooding, improving local fisheries, beautifying our
neighborhoods, and ensuring safer waters for recreation. Unfortunately, despite making progress, the
Chesapeake Bay watershed still remains a system dangerously out of balance. Too much nitrogen,
phosphorus, and sediment pollution continues to run off our lawns, city streets, and farm fields into
local creeks, streams, and the Bay.
In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Bay jurisdictions established science-
based limits for these pollutants and state-specific plans to achieve them, together known as the
Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. EPA, the states, and Washington, D.C., also committed to
implement actions to achieve 60 percent of the needed reductions by 2017 and 100 percent by 2025.
To ensure these clean-water efforts stay on track, each of the states and Washington, D.C., committed
to two-year goals or milestones detailing the programs and practices intended to be met in the near-
term to achieve the 2017 and 2025 long-term goals. The milestones are a critical accountability tool,
providing the opportunity to measure progress in the context of long-term Bay restoration efforts. Be-
cause of the importance of the milestones, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Choose Clean
Water Coalition are collaborating to evaluate and publicize pollution-reduction progress. This report
evaluates, for select practices, whether Virginia achieved its 2012/2013 two-year milestone goals and
whether or not this progress is on a trajectory to achieve 60 percent implementation by 2017 and full
implementation by 2025.
Conclusion
Since adoption of milestone goals to measure incremental progress toward restoring the Bay watershed,
Virginia has maintained a successful record in achieving overall pollution reductions. This has largely
been due to a successful program to reduce pollution from wastewater treatment plants. However, mile-
stone goals exist for many pollution-reduction strategies across all pollution sources contributing to
poor water quality in the Bay watershed. It was understood from the outset that all of these sectors
would have to do their part if we are to be ultimately successful.
When you look at all of these milestone commitments, Virginia’s success has been mixed, meeting two
of eight milestones evaluated. It would be a mistake to overlook the progress Virginia has made in restor-
ing its urban stream network, excluding livestock from streams flowing through farmland and other
areas. However, from the bucolic farms of the Shenandoah Valley to the thriving urban centers of Hamp-
ton Roads, there is still a great deal of work to do.
Considering the trajectory of implementation to date, and the reductions still to be realized it is clear
that there is little time for delay. The McAuliffe Administration has the opportunity to set a strong course
toward achieving Bay watershed restoration, and Virginia cannot afford for it not to be seized.
June 2014
AT A GLANCE
Agriculture
Stream Access
Control with Fencing
Forest Buffers
Conservation Tillage
Composite
Agriculture Practices
Urban/Suburban
Urban Stream
Restoration
Modern Stormwater
Practices
Urban Nutrient
Management
Composite Urban
Practices
See the charts on the inside of
this sheet for more information.
For more detailed information
on all of Virginia’s milestone
goals, go to: www.epa.gov/
reg3wapd/tmdl/Chesapeake
Bay/EnsuringResults.html.
2012/2013 FINAL ASSESSMENT
Virginia
Milestones
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How this Report was Compiled
We selected a subset of implemented practices within three pol-
lution source categories—agricultural runoff, urban/suburban
sources, and wastewater treatment—based on their potential to
provide substantial nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution
reductions and offer important lessons for implementation mov-
ing forward. For each practice, progress (% achievement) was eval-
uated by looking at incremental progress between the base year,
2011, and 2013, compared to the 2013 milestone goal. Progress
during this milestone period was also compared to the long-term
(2017 and 2025) implementation benchmarks that the states and
Washington, D.C., committed to in their Watershed Implemen-
tation Plans. Data were provided by the U.S. Environmental Pro-
tection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office.
Pollution Reduction in Virginia at a Glance
Virginia can celebrate its wastewater reductions, thanks to a
sustained effort to reduce pollution from that sector. Virginia
must now exercise that same level of commitment to the other
sectors that have not performed as well. The McAuliffe Admin-
istration can set Virginia on a strong course to achieve 2025
goals by accelerating programs to manage urban pollution and
farm practice installation.
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2025
GOAL
POLLUTED RUNOFF
AGRICULTURE
2017
GOAL
WASTEWATER/SEPTIC
Modeled Nitrogen Loads and Long Term Goals in Virginia
by Sector (millions of pounds)
Source: Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Model 5.3.2
Success Story
Union First Market Bank purchased an abandoned lot on Barracks
Road in Charlottesville,Virginia, and was building a new bank branch
on the site.
Rather than pave over a stream on the property to maximize parking,
Union First’s management maintained and restored it, softening the
stream banks and planting native trees and shrubs. Instead of a con-
ventional large retention pond to collect runoff water, multiple smaller
traps to infiltrate and filter runoff from the site were installed.This type
of “low-impact” design is an alternative to traditional approaches.
Low-impact designs like those at Union First reduce the pollution local
streams receive.Although the payback on these investments can take
longer than traditional approaches, when considered over the lifespan
of the project, they are frequently the smarter investment. It is, how-
ever, achieving more than just pollution reduction. Recreating a func-
tioning ecosystem and a beautiful community space is an investment
in the community.
Union First’s management didn’t have to wait to see returns on this
investment. “People come in and open up an account and say, ‘We
want to do business with people who care about the environment,’”
said Union First Market executive Rod Gentry.When you invest in your
community, it will invest in you. That’s a powerful message everyone
needs to hear.
0
1
2
3
4
6
2025201720132011
2025
GOAL
POLLUTED RUNOFF
WASTEWATER
AGRICULTURE
5
2017
GOAL
Modeled Phosphorus Loads and Long Term Goals in Virginia
by Sector (millions of pounds)
*
*Pollution reduction is ahead of schedule for this sector.
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100,000
200,000
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150,000
2013 2017
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2025
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300,000
600,000
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1,200,000
2013 2017
G
2025
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MILESTONEPROGRESS
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0
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300,000
600,000
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2013 2017
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2025
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100,000
400,000
MILESTONEPROGRESS
Assessment of Virginia’s Progress on Selected Pollution-Reduction Practices for 2013
Stream Access Control with Fencing acres
Virginia exceeded its stream fencing milestone.That’s good news for
the Bay, local waters, and farmers. Preventing livestock access im-
proves herd health, protects shorelines, and keeps manure out of
streams. Virginia should continue its successful fencing assistance program,
combining state and federal resources to stretch limited dollars the farthest.
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
60,000
2011 2015 2019 2021 2023 0
50,000
2013 2017 2025
G
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (acres)
Forest Buffers acres
Virginia achieved just over half of the forest buffers called for this mile-
stone period. Because of previous years’ successes, Virginia is very
close to reaching 20,467 acres, the goal for 2013. However, growth
of this practice must accelerate in order to reach Virginia’s 2025 goal of
100,000 acres.
0
20,000
40,000
100,000
2011 2015 2019 2021 2023
80,000
2013 2017 2025
G
60,000
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (acres)
Conservation Tillage acres
Programs that incentivized this practice have declined as it becomes
more routine for many farms.Consequently,reporting of this practice has
dropped,highlighting the importance of improving systems to document
farmers’efforts.Virginia intends to improve reporting through the Resource Man-
agement Plan program. Enhanced outreach and adequate funding are critical.
0
100,000
200,000
600,000
2011 2015 2019 2021 2023
400,000
2013 2017 2025
300,000
500,000
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (acres)
Composite Agriculture Practices** acres
Virginia collectively reviews farm practices to determine if two-year
milestone efforts are on track.While Virginia generally met its overall
agriculture goals for cropland and pasture, from 2012 to 2013,
acceleration in effort will be necessary to achieve goals for 2017 and 2025.
Further reflection on the status of specific practices is warranted.
0
500,000
1,000,000
3,000,000
2011 2015 2019 2021 2023
2,000,000
2013 2017 2025
G
1,500,000
2,500,000
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (acres)
Urban Stream Restoration feet
Virginia exceeded its urban stream restoration target. This success was
bolstered by increased reporting from localities during.Restoring streams
enables them to flow into the floodplain during storm events, which
reduces stream bank erosion. Stabilizing eroding banks reduces the detrimental
downstream effects of sediment and reduces phosphorus pollution.
0
50,000
100,000
200,000
2011 2015 2019 2021 2023
150,000
2013 2017
G
2025
G
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (feet)
Modern Stormwater (Polluted Runoff) Practices+ acres
Virginia missed its milestone for installing modern polluted runoff prac-
tices.Communities that implement these practices can reduce polluted
runoff and recharge local groundwater systems. Providing consistent
and adequate funding for these practices will encourage localities to invest in
these practices. Improving urban tracking systems is also critical to success.
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals*
Agriculture
Urban/Suburban
Polluted Runoff
Urban Nutrient Management acres
Although Virginia did not meet its milestone for this practice, it seems
to have a specific plan going forward. In heavily populated areas of
the state, the plan could focus on large homeowners’ associations
to effect change on commonly managed open space, and provide access to
reach the homeowners there.
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (acres)
*2017 goals are calculated as 2009 Implementation +60% of the difference between
2009 Implementation and the 2025 Implementation goal.
Composite Urban Practices++ acres
Cumulative estimates of urban practice implementation indicates that
Virginia is very slow in implementing measures to reduce polluted runoff.
While reductions are occurring for agricultural runoff and from wastewater
treatment facilities, polluted runoff efforts lag significantly. At a minimum,
accelerating issuance of new permits for Virginia’s urban centers is critical.
Progress Relative to Long-Term Goals* (acres)
**Composite Agriculture Practices include Nutrient Management, Conservation Tillage, Cover
Crops, and Pasture Management BMPs.
+Modern Stormwater Practices include Infiltration Practices, Filtering Practices,
Bioretention and Bioswales.
++Composite Urban Practices include stormwater management practices, erosion and sediment
control, urban forest practices, urban nutrient management, abondoned mine reclamation
and impervious surface reduction.
12,486 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL PROGRESS)
2,105 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL MILESTONE)
= 593%
1,078 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL PROGRESS)
1,838 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL MILESTONE)
= 59%
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103,755 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL MILESTONE)
= -43% 121,957 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL PROGRESS)
131,641 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL MILESTONE)
= 93%
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42 (2-YEAR INCREMENTAL MILESTONE)
= 436,048%
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= 21%
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= -41%
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= 51%
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4. Virginia’s Plan for Clean Water: Is the Commonwealth On Track?
Residents in the region are starting to see the benefits of investments and improvements made in
local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. The practices that protect and restore our waterways—
tree plantings, conservation planning, septic hookups, and upgrades to wastewater treatment plants—
ultimately improve our quality of life by reducing flooding, improving local fisheries, beautifying our
neighborhoods, and ensuring safer waters for recreation. Unfortunately, despite making progress, the
Chesapeake Bay watershed still remains a system dangerously out of balance. Too much nitrogen,
phosphorus, and sediment pollution continues to run off our lawns, city streets, and farm fields into
local creeks, streams, and the Bay.
In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Bay jurisdictions established science-
based limits for these pollutants and state-specific plans to achieve them, together known as the
Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. EPA, the states, and Washington, D.C., also committed to
implement actions to achieve 60 percent of the needed reductions by 2017 and 100 percent by 2025.
To ensure these clean-water efforts stay on track, each of the states and Washington, D.C., committed
to two-year goals or milestones detailing the programs and practices intended to be met in the near-
term to achieve the 2017 and 2025 long-term goals. The milestones are a critical accountability tool,
providing the opportunity to measure progress in the context of long-term Bay restoration efforts. Be-
cause of the importance of the milestones, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Choose Clean
Water Coalition are collaborating to evaluate and publicize pollution-reduction progress. This report
evaluates, for select practices, whether Virginia achieved its 2012/2013 two-year milestone goals and
whether or not this progress is on a trajectory to achieve 60 percent implementation by 2017 and full
implementation by 2025.
Conclusion
Since adoption of milestone goals to measure incremental progress toward restoring the Bay watershed,
Virginia has maintained a successful record in achieving overall pollution reductions. This has largely
been due to a successful program to reduce pollution from wastewater treatment plants. However, mile-
stone goals exist for many pollution-reduction strategies across all pollution sources contributing to
poor water quality in the Bay watershed. It was understood from the outset that all of these sectors
would have to do their part if we are to be ultimately successful.
When you look at all of these milestone commitments, Virginia’s success has been mixed, meeting two
of eight milestones evaluated. It would be a mistake to overlook the progress Virginia has made in restor-
ing its urban stream network, excluding livestock from streams flowing through farmland and other
areas. However, from the bucolic farms of the Shenandoah Valley to the thriving urban centers of Hamp-
ton Roads, there is still a great deal of work to do.
Considering the trajectory of implementation to date, and the reductions still to be realized it is clear
that there is little time for delay. The McAuliffe Administration has the opportunity to set a strong course
toward achieving Bay watershed restoration, and Virginia cannot afford for it not to be seized.
June 2014
AT A GLANCE
Agriculture
Stream Access
Control with Fencing
Forest Buffers
Conservation Tillage
Composite
Agriculture Practices
Urban/Suburban
Urban Stream
Restoration
Modern Stormwater
Practices
Urban Nutrient
Management
Composite Urban
Practices
See the charts on the inside of
this sheet for more information.
For more detailed information
on all of Virginia’s milestone
goals, go to: www.epa.gov/
reg3wapd/tmdl/Chesapeake
Bay/EnsuringResults.html.
2012/2013 FINAL ASSESSMENT
Virginia
Milestones
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How this Report was Compiled
We selected a subset of implemented practices within three pol-
lution source categories—agricultural runoff, urban/suburban
sources, and wastewater treatment—based on their potential to
provide substantial nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution
reductions and offer important lessons for implementation mov-
ing forward. For each practice, progress (% achievement) was eval-
uated by looking at incremental progress between the base year,
2011, and 2013, compared to the 2013 milestone goal. Progress
during this milestone period was also compared to the long-term
(2017 and 2025) implementation benchmarks that the states and
Washington, D.C., committed to in their Watershed Implemen-
tation Plans. Data were provided by the U.S. Environmental Pro-
tection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office.
Pollution Reduction in Virginia at a Glance
Virginia can celebrate its wastewater reductions, thanks to a
sustained effort to reduce pollution from that sector. Virginia
must now exercise that same level of commitment to the other
sectors that have not performed as well. The McAuliffe Admin-
istration can set Virginia on a strong course to achieve 2025
goals by accelerating programs to manage urban pollution and
farm practice installation.
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Modeled Nitrogen Loads and Long Term Goals in Virginia
by Sector (millions of pounds)
Source: Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Model 5.3.2
Success Story
Union First Market Bank purchased an abandoned lot on Barracks
Road in Charlottesville,Virginia, and was building a new bank branch
on the site.
Rather than pave over a stream on the property to maximize parking,
Union First’s management maintained and restored it, softening the
stream banks and planting native trees and shrubs. Instead of a con-
ventional large retention pond to collect runoff water, multiple smaller
traps to infiltrate and filter runoff from the site were installed.This type
of “low-impact” design is an alternative to traditional approaches.
Low-impact designs like those at Union First reduce the pollution local
streams receive.Although the payback on these investments can take
longer than traditional approaches, when considered over the lifespan
of the project, they are frequently the smarter investment. It is, how-
ever, achieving more than just pollution reduction. Recreating a func-
tioning ecosystem and a beautiful community space is an investment
in the community.
Union First’s management didn’t have to wait to see returns on this
investment. “People come in and open up an account and say, ‘We
want to do business with people who care about the environment,’”
said Union First Market executive Rod Gentry.When you invest in your
community, it will invest in you. That’s a powerful message everyone
needs to hear.
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WASTEWATER
AGRICULTURE
5
2017
GOAL
Modeled Phosphorus Loads and Long Term Goals in Virginia
by Sector (millions of pounds)
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