Missouri Department of Natural Resources Northeast Regional Office Michael Heaton

How much water do you use?

Activity 1.

CLEAN WATER Why do we need clean water?

Health Name some Water born diseases.

Bacteria Parasite • Salmonellosis • Shigellosis • Typhoid Fever • Cholera • Paratyphoid • Bacillary Dysentery • Anthrax • Amoebic Dysentery • Roundworm • Giardiasis • Cryptosporidium • Virus • Polio • Hepatitis

Recreation Recreation brings more money to Missouri than any other industry.

Do you expect Clean Water when you turn on the faucet or when you swim?

Where have we been and where are we going?

What are some of the reasons the environment is cleaner today than it was 30 years ago?

Why do we need laws?

What laws or regulations do we benefit from?

CLEAN WATER ACT SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

Willy Wetsworth Travel Book What would the travel adventure be for Willy Wetsworth (water drop) Activity 2

CLEAN WATER ACT

Goals of the Clean Water Act

• Restore and Maintain the Chemical, Physical and Biological Characteristics of Nation’s Waters • Discharges to Waterways Eliminated by 1985 • All Waters Will be Fishable / Swimmable Section 101(a)(2) Clean Water Act

Who needs an Operating Permit?

10 CSR 20-6.010 (1) • (A) “All persons who build, erect, alter, replace, operate, use or maintain existing point sources, or intend these actions for a proposed point source, water contamination sources or wastewater treatment facilities shall apply to the department for the permits required by the Missouri Clean Water Law and these regulations. The department issues these permits in order to enforce the Missouri Clean Water Law and regulations and administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program.”

(B) Exempt from Permit Regulations 1 Nonpoint source discharges 2 Service connections to wastewater sewer systems 3 Internal plumbing or other water diversion or retention structures within a plant 4 Routine maintenance or repairs of any existing sewer system, wastewater treatment facility, or other water contaminant or point source 5 Single family residences; 6 The discharge of water from an environmental cleanup site under the direction of DNR or EPA… 7 Water used in constructing and maintaining a drinking water well and distribution system… 8 Small scale pilot projects or demonstration projects for beneficial use...

What is a point source?

What is a non-point discharge?

What are some of the pollutants you will find in nonpoint source pollution?

Activity 3

Sources of Impairment From All 1998 303(d) Lists

47% 10% 43%

Nonpoint Sources Only Point Sources Only Combination of Point & Nonpoint Sources

How does the the Clean Water Act address nonpoint source pollution?

Water Quality Standards

“A water quality standard defines the water quality goals of a water body, or portion thereof, by designating the use or uses to be made of the water and by setting criteria necessary to protect public health or welfare, enhance the quality of water and serve the purposes of the Clean Water Act.”

40 CFR 131.2

Designated/Beneficial Uses

• Every Waterbody has Designated Uses - Drinking Water Supply - Livestock & Wildlife Watering - Cold Water Fishery • All Waters Should be Protected for “Fishable/Swimmable” - Protection of Warm Water Aquatic Life - Whole Body Contact Recreation

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

“...making the transition from a clean water program based primarily on technology based controls to water quality-based controls implemented on a watershed basis.” USEPA

Impaired Waters List 303(d) List

• What: All Waters Not Meeting State Water Quality Standards • When: Must be Completed April 1, 2002 and Every 2 Years Thereafter • How: Review All “Existing and Readily Available Water Quality Data and Information”

What Does the Summary of All 303(d) Lists Tell Us?

States Have Identified About 21,000 Polluted Waterbodies –Over 300,000 River & Shore Miles & 5 Million Lake Acres –Excess Sediments, Nutrients, and Harmful Microorganisms are the Major Impairments

TMDLs (Watershed Restoration Plans)

• Identify Sources of Pollutant • Calculate Maximum Pollutant Load • Assign Pollutant Allocations to Point Sources and Nonpoint Sources • Address “Seasonality” • Include “Margin of Safety” to Account for Uncertainty

Water Quality Based Process Set goals and WQS Implement strategies [NPDES, 319, SRF, etc] Develop strategies and controls [TMDLs] No Conduct monitoring Yes

PERMITS IN 303d WATERS

• EPA Requires No Further Degradation of an Impaired Water Prior to TMDL • Can Mean No New or Expanded Discharge Permits if Addition to Pollutant Load • Implications for Growth in a Watershed • Final EPA Guidance on Issue Not Available

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT

How does the Environmental Protection Agency and Missouri Department of Natural Resources Relate ?