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Upper Wissahickon Creek Special Area Management Plan Upper Wissahickon Creek SPECIAL AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared by the Delaware River Basin Commission and the Montgomery County Planning Commission June 2008 Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Program WATER PLANNING IN COASTAL WATERSHEDS June 2008 CZM PROJECT NUMBER: (2005-PS.06 and 2006-PS.07) This project was financed, in part, through a Federal Coastal Zone Management Grant, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Funding provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Commerce, under Award Number: NA06NOS4190222. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, the PA DEP nor any of their sub-agencies. PREFACE This Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) was developed to determine the level of effort and the cost required to produce a Critical Area Resource Plan (CARP) as well as to create a template for future SAMPs and CARPs in Pennsylvania. This plan seeks to comply with the seven planning elements required by the Pennsylvania Water Resources Planning Act 220, and with the elements described in Chapter 2 of the CARP guidance document, ID 392-2130-015/Draft, September 12, 2006. A considerable amount of planning and technical work had been conducted related to the water resource issues in the Wissahickon watershed. For this reason and others, the Upper Wissahickon Creek study area was selected to pilot the CARP process even though it has not yet received formal designation as a Critical Water Planning Area (CWPA) by the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). As a result of recent integration of water resources programs in Pennsylvania, the CZM program and the SAMP preparation is closely linked to the Pennsylvania Water Resources Act (Act 220) and the state water plan preparation. As such the SAMP process follows those processes developed for the state water plan, including the identification of Critical Water Planning Areas (CWPA) and development of Critical Area Resource Plans (CARP). When the Pennsylvania Act 220 was passed in 2002, Pennsylvania’s existing water plan was over 25 years old and did not identify areas or watersheds that were experiencing, or expected to experience, critical water needs. Recent statewide drought emergency conditions and increased water use, which has reached 10 billion gallons per day statewide, created increasing conflicts over available water supplies. Previous legislation had not established a stakeholder planning process to address and avoid conflicts among water users. The Pennsylvania Act 220 legislation ensured a collaborative process by creating a Statewide Committee and six Regional Water Resources Committees to ensure active stakeholder participation. Not only has the development process of the Upper Wissahickon Creek SAMP succeeded in involving stakeholders to address water resource issues. Analysis of the study area was completed to assess its challenges, prioritize management alternatives and recommend solutions. The development of the SAMP has served to test the Critical Area Resource Plan guidance document. The resulting Upper Wissahickon SAMP may also be used as a tool by the local municipalities and other partners to improve and protect water resources within the Upper Wissahickon Creek study area. PILOT PROCESS AND CONTRIBUTORS This plan was prepared by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the Montgomery County Planning Commission (MCPC) in coordination and cooperation Preface - Page 1 with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). This project was financed, in part, through a Federal Coastal Zone Management Grant, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Funding was provided by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under Award Number: NA06NOS4190222. The DRBC along with technical editor Holly Conte, MCPC, and Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) have formed a contract team and have collaborated with the PADEP to complete the tasks required for plan preparation. The contract team developed a work plan based on the planning elements specified in Section 3112 of the Pennsylvania Act 220, and the Critical Area Resource Plan (CARP) guidance document for the purposes of establishing the technical and public process for a CWPA designation and for the development of the CARP. In addition to the contract team, a technical team was formed to share information among other regional partners. The technical team includes professionals familiar with the Wissahickon Creek, representing the following organizations: PADEP, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Geological Survey, Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA), Wissahickon Partnership, Temple University, DRBC, MCPC, and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD). Pennsylvania Act 220 and CARP guidance require the establishment of a Critical Area Advisory Committee to advise Delaware Regional Committee during the development of the CARP. Early in the process, the Upper Wissahickon Advisory Committee (UWAC) was established. The membership of the UWAC was proposed by the contract team and approved by the Delaware Regional Committee. The UWAC consists of representatives from municipalities, water purveyors, municipal utility authorities, environmental organizations, educational institutions, golf courses, and industry. The Delaware Regional Committee is recommending candidate watersheds to be designated as CWPA by the statewide committee and the Secretary of the PADEP. In addition, the Delaware Regional Committee reviews and approves the CARP and forwards the plan to the statewide committee and Secretary for approval. SAMP, CWPA AND CARP DEVELOPMENT Special Area Management Plan Section 309(a)(6) of the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) of 1972 authorizes “preparing and implementing Special Area Management Plans (SAMPs) for important coastal areas.” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disburse funding through PADEP for SAMPs development. SAMPs can be used as management tools in Pennsylvania’s coastal regions, including Montgomery County. SAMPs provide for natural resource protection and contain a detailed statement of policies; standards and criteria to “…guide public and private uses of lands and waters; and mechanisms for timely implementation in specific geographic areas…” (16 U.S.C. § Preface - Page 2 1452.2.K). SAMPs are designed to encourage collaboration of officials at all levels of government as well as other concerned agencies and organizations. In June of 2006, Pennsylvania’s Section 309 Strategy was amended to incorporate the processes for Critical Area Resource Plans (CARPs) and Critical Water Planning Areas (CWPAs) for coastal watersheds as part of the SAMP process. The CARPs and the SAMPs identify areas of special concern and provide a detailed investigation followed by resolutions of the problems. Both types of plans are designed to resolve conflicts among water resource users or between water resource areas. The amendment to the Section 309 Strategy streamlined CARPs and SAMPs into one planning process and, as a result, allows programs to more effectively protect, preserve, and restore Pennsylvania’s coastal watersheds. Critical Water Planning Areas A Critical Water Planning Area (CWPA) is defined in the Pennsylvania Act 220 as “any significant hydrologic unit where existing or future demands exceed or threaten to exceed the safe yield of available water resources.” The Pennsylvania Watershed Analysis Screening Tool can be used as a method for determining whether demand exceeds or is expected to exceed supply, or “safe yield.” The screening tool results for the Upper Wissahickon Creek study area are provided in Chapter 4. The screening tool determines whether withdrawal and non-withdrawal uses and water quality objectives can be met within a hydrological unit. Areas that are determined to have or are expected to have critical water resource issues can be nominated to the State Water Plan Regional Committees by any individual or group. In accordance with Act 220, CWPAs should be identified as multi-municipal watersheds spanning 15 square miles or greater. Procedures for identifying and designating CWPAs are described in the September 2006 guidance document entitled “Guidelines for Identification of Critical Water Planning Areas,” ID 392-2130-015/Draft. Critical Area Resource Plan Once a hydrologic unit is recognized as a critical water planning area, a Critical Area Resource Plan (CARP) process is initiated under the guidance of the regional committee. A CARP process further investigates the extent of water availability, and current and future demands for water through a public participatory process. CARPs are not designed to incorporate regulatory requirements, but adoption of the CARP by municipalities within the CWPA is strongly encouraged by the PADEP. In Pennsylvania, the SAMP and the CARP processes are closely linked. Both produce a comprehensive water resources plan with management tools designed to support a specific hydrologic area. The purpose of the CARP is to verify the extent of water resource limitations and the existing water quality problems. The CARP also compares surface and groundwater availability with current and future demands, identifies existing and potential adverse impacts on water resources uses, and prioritizes recommendations
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