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Tookany/Tacony-Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan Tookany/Tacony-Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Mission Statement The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership is a consortium of proactive environmental groups, community groups, government agencies, businesses, residents and other stakeholders who have an interest in improving the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed. The goals of the initiative are to protect, enhance, and restore the beneficial uses of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford waterways and riparian areas. Watershed management seeks to mitigate the adverse physical, biological, and chemical impacts of land uses as surface and ground waters are transported throughout the watershed to the waterways. The partnership seeks to achieve higher levels of environmental improvement by sharing information and resources. Simply stated, the mission of the Partnership is: * To increase public understanding of the importance of a clean and healthy watershed * To instill a sense of appreciation and stewardship among residents for the natural environment * To improve and enhance our parks, streams, and surrounding communities in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed. May 2005 Executive Summary Foreword This plan presents a logical and affordable pathway to restore and protect the beneficial and designated uses of the waters of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek basin. Based on extensive physical, chemical and biological assessments, the plan explores the nature, causes, severity and opportunities for control of water quality impairments in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek watershed. The primary intent of the planning process, as articulated by the stakeholders, is to improve the environmental health and safe enjoyment of the Tookany/Tacony- Frankford watershed by sharing resources and through cooperation among residents and other stakeholders in the watershed. The goals of the initiative are to protect, enhance, and restore the beneficial uses of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford waterways and its riparian areas. The plan recommends appropriate remedial measures for the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek basin, provides a financial commitment to initiate the implementation of the plan, and seeks to provide the impetus for stakeholders of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford basin to follow suit. The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership worked with the Philadelphia Water Department to complete a comprehensive, multi-year assessment of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed (see Figure E-1). Results of the watershed-wide assessment suggests that at some times during dry weather periods, bacteria contamination of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford’s waters prevents the achievement of water quality standards that would support swimming or other forms of primary contact recreation in the creek. Also, stream aesthetics, accessibility and safety are compromised due to illegal litter and dumping, trash from stormwater discharges, past channelization of the stream, and bank deterioration along the stream corridors. Existing aquatic and riparian habitat, degraded by urban runoff, limit the diversity of fish and benthic life and prevent the development of healthy living resources conditions necessary to support recreational activities such as fishing. Wet weather water quality is limited by bacteria discharged from combined and separate storm sewers. High rates of urban runoff cause flooding during larger storms, and flood flows that erode the stream banks and bottoms and expose and compromise utility infrastructure. The good news is that measurable progress can be made towards restoring the legislated designated beneficial uses of the stream. To this end, this plan provides an investment strategy for achieving definable levels of environmental return in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek basin. It is estimated that significant progress towards improving the areas of environmental concern discussed above can be made for an investment of less than $290 per household per year over a 20-year horizon. May 2005 The plan proposes that the other municipalities in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford basin make similar financial commitments to implementation that will ensure the restoration and preservation of the waters that flow from and through their communities, shaping their quality of life along the way. A significant portion of this funding is directed towards work that reflects the widely recognized national need to renew our water resources infrastructure. These efforts reflect many efforts that should be done anyway. It is proposed that a combination of Federal, state, local government, and private funding be brought to bear to implement this plan. The Philadelphia Water Department has expended over $1 million in the development of the plan, and will commit an additional $2 - 3 million per year or more towards implementing its recommendations over the next 20 years. The plan proposes that the other municipalities in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford basin make similar financial commitments to implementation that will ensure the restoration and preservation of the waters that flow from and through their communities. Figure E-1: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed. This plan summarizes the results of watershed assessment activities in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford basin. Detailed monitoring, analysis, planning, and implementation guidelines are provided for the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford basin. The plan recommends appropriate measures to restore habitat and water quality, and seeks to provide an example for stakeholders in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed to follow. May 2005 Introduction Stewardship of a river must be built around the needs of the community. It will grow by making visible the critical way the health of the watershed is integral to basic quality of life issues. Once the seeds of stewardship have been planted, members of the community can be recruited to take action in protecting their watershed. In 2000, The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) acted as the municipal sponsor of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, an exciting and groundbreaking effort to connect residents, businesses and government as neighbors and stewards of the watershed. Since then, the Partnership has been active in developing a vision for the watershed and guiding and supporting subsequent planning activities within the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed. PWD, with the support of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, has just completed a multi-year watershed planning effort to restore the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek Watershed to one that can boast fishable, swimmable and enjoyable streams. The planning process and implementation recommendations are contained in the recently completed Tookany/Tacony- Frankford Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan (TTFIWMP). This executive summary presents the major findings of the TTFIWMP. Background In 2000, PWD acted as the municipal sponsor of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, an exciting and groundbreaking effort to connect residents, businesses and government as neighbors and stewards of the watershed. PWD hired the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), a well-respected, non-profit institution with a reputation for supporting watershed-based, holistic planning in the form of smart growth planning. PEC pulled together a diverse representation of the watershed – municipalities, “friends” groups, educators, citizens, agencies, and watershed organizations – for the first partnership meeting. The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership first worked with PWD to complete a comprehensive, multi-year watershed assessment covering the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford drainage basin (see Figure E-1). The assessment provides a snapshot of current conditions in the watershed, and lays the groundwork for the development of more detailed plans to improve conditions in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford. With portions of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek watershed served by combined sewers, and with significant interest from the Partnership in improving water quality and riparian habitat conditions, PWD then took the next step by leading the development of the TTFIWMP. With this plan, the watershed communities now have a blueprint for restoring this urban stream into a community asset, while making significant progress toward improving water quality during both dry and wet weather. May 2005 The primary intent of the plan, as articulated by the stakeholders, is to mitigate wet weather impacts caused by urban stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflow (CSO), identify ways to improve water quality, aesthetics, and recreational opportunities in dry weather; and restore living resources in the stream and along the stream corridor. PWD placed a high priority on the development of the TTFIWMP because it represents one of the three major components of the City of Philadelphia’s CSO Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) strategy. This component entails a substantial commitment by the City to watershed planning to identify long term improvements throughout its watersheds, including any additional CSO controls that will result in an improvement to water quality and, ultimately, the attainment of water quality standards. PWD was not alone in this planning effort. Significant support from other agencies has helped to fund various components of the plan in order to better integrate this effort with other regulatory programs. The USEPA provided funding under its Wetland Program Grant to help assess existing
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