Water Quality Impacts
SUB-BASIN 4A SUB-BASIN 4C SUB-BASIN 4D 2005 CHESAPEAKE BAY A FIVE YEAR STRATEGY APPROVED JANUARY 3, 2005 BRADFORD COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT BRADFORD COUNTY CHESAPEAKE BAY STRATEGY - 2005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following report was developed as a response to a need to better define and address non-point source pollution in Bradford County, giving particular attention to the nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment reductions needed for Pennsylvania’s commitment to the Chesapeake Bay reduction goals. A local assessment of the major sources of non-point pollution identified the following areas: Agricultural Tillage; Agricultural Nutrient Management; Transportation Systems; Storm-water Run-Off; Commercial Fertilizers; and Stream Channel and Bank Instability. Detailed studies and resulting data were utilized to define and quantify both the sources and the needs to address these sources. Those studies included the following: Ö 1989 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Assessment Ö 1999-2000 Dirt and Gravel Roads Site Evaluation and Inventory Ö USDA Natural Resources Inventory Ö Watershed Assessments for Towanda, Sugar, Bentley, Satterlee, Laning, Wysox and Seeley Creeks Ö 2004 Bradford County Comprehensive Plan Ö County Plan for On-Lot Septage Management During 1989, the Bradford County Conservation District was given a grant to conduct watershed assessments, through the PA Conservation Commission under the PA Chesapeake Bay Program. The purpose of the grant was to assess the need for assistance in addressing potential non-point sources of pollution from agricultural enterprises in the targeted watersheds. The watershed studies covered an area of 519,328 acres. This area included the Susquehanna River Sub-Basins 4-C, which included 285,095 acres consisting of Sugar and Towanda Creeks, and 4-D, which included 234,233 acres consisting of Wysox, Wyalusing, Sugar Run and Tuscarora Creeks.
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