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KDHE – WMS Non-Point Source Pollution Control

Our vision is 'healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments'. The state belongs to all of us - "Kansas Don't Spoil It"

Andrew Lyon and Ann D’AlfonsoKDHE – Watershed Management SectionAugust 9, 2017

KDHE – WMS Non-Point Source Pollution Control

• Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS)

• Local Environmental Protection Program (LEPP)


Watershed Plan Goals

• Watershed Plan Updates• Aerial Assessment Protocol• Watershed Coordinator Development –

Mapping• Soil Health for Water Quality


Watershed Plan Goals

• Purpose is to Protect and Restore Kansas Watersheds • Goal is to Delist Selected TMDL and 303d list

Impairments, meet Water Quality Standards, and make Water Available for All Designated Uses

• Total NPS Load Reduction Goals Translate into Annual Goals for Life of Plan


Numerical Goal


Numerical Goal

• Toronto Reservoir Siltation TMDL NPS Allocation



BMP Implementation Schedule to meet Goal

Watershed Plan Updates• 9-Element Watershed Plans Updated Every 5-7 Years

• New and Revised TMDL Information Incorporated

• WRAPS Groups want to Review• Targeted Areas• Targeted Practices


Watershed Plan Updates• Milford Reservoir Eutrophication TMDL Established

2014 • TP Load Reduction Increased 1000% from Original

Watershed Plan Goal• Implementation Tables Must be Revised Dramatically and

Length of Plan Extended• Special Case - Design Plan to Address Kansas Portion of

Loading, Without Meeting Water Quality Standard


Watershed Plan Updates• Targeted Areas

• Focus on Source of Loading• Balance Between Focus and Program Implementation• Originally HUC 12 Level – Transitioning to HUC 12/Riparian

Corridor Targeting Approach


Watershed Plan Updates• Targeted Practices

• Focus on Efficiency of Load Reduction from Existing BMPs• Incorporate New Practices

• Soil Health Principles • Precision Nutrient Management• Innovative Livestock Practices – Whatever it Takes!

• Not Traditional Soil and Water Conservation• Must Focus on Impairment Being Addressed


Watershed Plan Updates – Aerial Assessments

• Examining Aerial Images to identify NPS areas of interest

• WMS GIS Webmap Application developed to look at aerial images and mark them – Utilize NPS knowledge and not GIS skills

• No geospatial analysis is being done, only using professional judgment to identify areas for further investigation


Aerial Assessments• Information Provided

• One Page Assessment Overview• methodology• data sources• practice statistics

• ArcGIS and Google Earth Layers

• High Resolution PDF Maps• selectable layer functionality • not internet dependent• image resolution equal to when assessment was conducted

• Excel Spreadsheet of Identified Area Information


Aerial Assessments• Many Locations and Landowners are Known to the

Members of the Stakeholder Leadership Team• Spatial Distribution and Area Statistics are Additional

Tool Inform Plan Targeted Areas and Practices –Combined with Existing Tools

• Images Draw Attention to Specific Problems• Very Difficult to Argue with an Image• Focus Watershed Group to Deal with WQ Impairment


Aerial Assessments – Coordinator Development• Aerial Assessments have Reinforced the Need of Watershed

Coordinators to Develop Mapping Skills• Gives Coordinator Great Information to Approach Landowner• Need to View Imagery to Understand Water Quality Issues from the

Whole Farm Scale – RMS Planning• Again, Imagery Helps to Focus Watershed Group on the Actual Source

of the Pollution

• Google Earth Pro is Useful Tool• Free Software• Robust Imagery Over Time and Useful Tools – 3rd Party Data Sets• KDHE Can Provide Support


Coordinator Development• Just Starting the Mapping Skills Development with Coordinators• Already Having Positive Impact• Allows Coordinators to Provide Technical Input on Practice

Implementation and Not Simply Program Administration


Soil Health Principles• Reduce Disturbance – Never Tillage• Living Plant Roots - Cover Crops, Companion Crops• Reduce Fertilizer, Herbicide, Insecticide Application • Integrate Grazing


Soil Health Principles• Soil Health Improves Water Quality

• Reduces Erosion • .5 – 1 tons/acre/year

• Cover Crops Uptake and Cycle Nutrients in Field • 30% P Reduction

• Increasing SOM Reduces Total Volume of Runoff• Less capacity to transport sediment and nutrient pollution

• Grazing Often Relocates Unconfined Animal Feeding Sites• Location and Distribution are Improved


Future of WRAPS• Focus Work on the WQ Problem that needs Solved• Combination of Management and Structural

Practices• Treat Vast Acreages with Soil Health Principles• Fix Degraded or Troublesome Spots with Structures• Watershed Coordinators and Leadership Team

Volunteers Drive WRAPS Program


Kansas Environmental Conference August 9, 2017

Our Mission: To protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans.

Program Introduction


• Kansas Department of Health and Environment

• Division of Environment

• Bureau of Water

• Watershed Management Section

• Local Environmental Protection Program (LEPP)

KDHE – Local Environmental Protection Program


• Ann D’Alfonso• Program Manger

• Rachel Marlett Environmental Scientist

• Travis Daneke Environmental Scientist

Topeka

Local Environmental Protection Program (LEPP)


LEPP

Review for approval all

county sanitation

codes

Private Water Wells

Technical Assistance to

county sanitarians

Review for approval all septic tanks

EPA 503 land application

for domestic septage

Domestic Graywater Guidelines

State and Local Government


State

County

Municipalities

• KDHE - LEPP• Bulletin 4-2

• Sanitarians• County

Sanitation Codes

• Municipal Code• Sewer Systems

County Sanitation Codes


•Review all sanitation codes for state minimum standards (Bulletin 4-2)

– Onsite waste water systems (Lagoons, in ground septic systems, ATU systems)

– Private water wells

– Some county sanitation codes are more stringent then state minimum standards

Private Water Wells


Technical Assistance


Approved Septic Tanks


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EPA 503 land application of domestic Septage


Graywater System Specification Created in February2014


•Purpose of the Graywater System Specification is to offer guidance to local governments as well as homeowners on a recommended type of graywater reuse system that allows for the benefits of graywater reuse for subsurface irrigation while minimizing human health and environment risks.

Graywater System Specification Created in February2014


•Graywater is defined as wastewater from sources within single family residences, including showers, bathtubs, clothes‐washing machines, hand‐washing lavatories and sinks that are not used for disposal of hazardous or toxic ingredients.

•Any other source is prohibited. •Copy of the specification is listed on the KDHE/LEPP website •http://www.kdheks.gov/nps/lepp/

http://www.kdheks.gov/nps/lepp/


Example of a Graywater Reuse System


Questions

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Ann D’AlfonsoLEPP/ WRAPS Program ManagerWatershed Management Section

Ks Department of Health & Environment785-296-3015

Ann.D’[email protected]

Andy LyonWRAPS Program Manager

Watershed Management Section Ks Department of Health & Environment

[email protected]

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www.kdheks.gov

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