Nanticoke River Watershed Management Plan
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Nanticoke River Watershed Management Plan Final Plan November 2014 Prepared for: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Prepared by: KCI Technologies, Inc. 1352 Marrows Road Suite 100 Newark, DE 19711 Nanticoke River Watershed Management Plan Final Plan November 2014 Prepared for: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Prepared by: KCI Technologies, Inc. 1352 Marrows Road Suite 100 Newark, DE 19711 KCI Job Order No. 17133560 Nanticoke River Watershed Management Plan 2014 Table of Contents List of Tables ....................................................................................................................... ii 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Goals and Objectives ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Regulatory and Programmatic Environment ................................................................................ 3 1.3 Watershed Priorities ..................................................................................................................... 4 2 Watershed Characteristics.............................................................................................. 5 2.1 Watershed Delineation and Planning Segments .......................................................................... 5 2.2 Nanticoke River ............................................................................................................................. 7 2.2.1 Middle Nanticoke River ......................................................................................................... 7 2.2.2 Upper Nanticoke River .......................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Land Use ........................................................................................................................................ 9 2.3.1 Existing Land Use .................................................................................................................. 9 2.3.2 Imperviousness ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Water Quality .............................................................................................................................. 21 2.4.1 Use Designations ................................................................................................................. 21 2.4.2 303(d) Impairments ............................................................................................................ 21 2.4.3 TMDLs ................................................................................................................................. 21 2.4.4 NPDES .................................................................................................................................. 22 2.5 Anticipated Growth ..................................................................................................................... 22 3 Causes and Sources of Impairment (a) .......................................................................... 23 3.1 Upper Nanticoke - Nanticoke & Broad Creek ............................................................................. 24 3.2 Middle Nanticoke - Marshyhope Creek ...................................................................................... 28 3.3 Middle Nanticoke - Not Marshyhope ......................................................................................... 29 3.3.1 Urban .................................................................................................................................. 32 3.3.2 Agriculture........................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.3 Septic ................................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.4 Forest .................................................................................................................................. 33 3.4 Bacteria ....................................................................................................................................... 33 3.5 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 34 4 Expected Load Reductions (b) ....................................................................................... 34 4.1 Upper Nanticoke - Nanticoke & Broad Creek ............................................................................. 34 4.2 Middle Nanticoke - Marshyhope Creek ...................................................................................... 35 4.3 Middle Nanticoke - Not Marshyhope ......................................................................................... 35 5 Management Measures (c) ........................................................................................... 39 5.1 Nutrients ..................................................................................................................................... 40 5.1.1 Wastewater ......................................................................................................................... 40 5.1.2 Urban .................................................................................................................................. 41 5.1.3 Agriculture........................................................................................................................... 45 5.1.4 Septic ................................................................................................................................... 51 5.1.5 Forest .................................................................................................................................. 52 i DNREC Nanticoke River Watershed Management Plan 2014 5.2 Bacteria ....................................................................................................................................... 52 5.3 Offsetting Nutrient and Sediment Loads from Future Growth .................................................. 53 5.3.1 Statewide Stormwater Regulations .................................................................................... 53 5.3.2 Establish in-lieu fee for stormwater impacts ...................................................................... 53 5.3.3 Establish a statewide program that provides additional flexibility for offsets ................... 54 5.3.4 Adaptive management ........................................................................................................ 54 5.4 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 54 6 Technical and Financial Assistance Needs (d) ................................................................ 55 6.1 Wastewater ................................................................................................................................. 56 6.2 Urban .......................................................................................................................................... 57 6.3 Agriculture .................................................................................................................................. 58 6.4 Septic ........................................................................................................................................... 59 6.5 Forest .......................................................................................................................................... 59 6.6 Funding Sources .......................................................................................................................... 59 7 Public Participation / Education (e) .............................................................................. 61 8 Implementation Schedule and Milestones (f & g) ......................................................... 64 8.1 Loading Allocations and Milestone Targets ................................................................................ 64 8.2 Implementation Milestones ........................................................................................................ 65 8.3 Implementation Priorities ........................................................................................................... 67 9 Load Reduction Evaluation Criteria (h) .......................................................................... 68 9.1 Watershed Plan Tracker .............................................................................................................. 69 10 Monitoring (i) .............................................................................................................. 70 11 References ................................................................................................................... 72 List of Tables Table 1: TMDLs used for Pollutant Targets for Upper Nanticoke River and Middle Nanticoke River Watersheds ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Table 2: Nanticoke Watershed Drainage Area and Stream Miles ...............................................................