Durham County Soil & Water Conservation District January 28, 2016 Michael Dupree

The Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP) Program Established The Program shall be implemented and supervised by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This law enabled local Soil and Water Conservation Districts to administer the program. CCAP is a voluntary, incentive-based program designed to improve water quality through the installation of stormwater best management practices (BMPs) in residential and commercial areas that have been developed for three years or more. NC General Statutes- Chapter 106 Article 7 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2005 SESSION LAW HOUSE BILL 2129

Program Purpose 1)Voluntary cost share and cost share incentive payments for urban landowners of 75%, 17 Best Management Practices 2)Technical assistance and administrative assistance (including engineering services) to be provided to local Districts 3)Statewide or local education and outreach activities. NC General Statutes- Chapter 106 Article 73

NPDES Program Requirements 40 CFR (b)(1 to 6) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into waters of the United States. 1) Public education and outreach on stormwater impacts. “(ii) Guidance: You may use stormwater educational materials provided by your State,…” 2) Public involvement/participation. 3) Illicit discharge detection and elimination. 4) Construction site stormwater runoff control. 5) Post-construction stormwater management in new development and redevelopment. 6) Pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operations. NC General Statutes- Chapter 106 Article 73

Since 2008 the District has completed 106 cost-share contracts (153 BMPs) for a total of $273,594 (75% cost share to landowners). The District staff have designed, contracted, installed and have been monitoring and reporting on the BMP’s as required by NC statutory requirements. BMP’s successfully completed include: 54 Rain Gardens 53 Cisterns (ranging from 300 gallon to 10,000 gallon) 7 Critical Area Plantings 6 Impervious Surface Conversions 22 Streambank and Shoreline Protection 3 Riparian Buffer installations 5 Grassed Swales 3 Structural Stormwater Conveyance Contracts & Funds Leveraged: PY contracts $ 12,226 PY contracts $ 4,075 PY contracts $ 11,456 PY contracts $ 22,293 PY contracts $ 41,643 PY contracts $ 20,395 PY contracts $ 38,402 PY contracts $ 74,937 PY contracts $ 59,167* *To date History of CCAP in Durham

Bionomic Educational Training Center (BETC, pronounced “Betsy”) Pilot on the Southern High School campus in BETC provides funding, work experience and practical math and science lessons and green infrastructure training for Southern High School students. BETC Program

Mike Dupree Agribusiness & Environmental Services Manager

Rain Garden Design & Survey Training

Plant Propagation

Rain Garden Installation

Occupational Course of Study (OCS) have installed 20 rain gardens and one riparian buffer. -BETC Agribusiness program has earned ~$11, students and 4 teachers worked over 3000 service hours -Invaluable and irreplaceable experience and community interactions for all involved BETC Program

Hope Valley North Property Owners Collaboration Spring 2015 Impaired Stream Improvement Program NCSSM Students Miniterm March 2015 Southern High Students

North Carolina’s 2014 Urban Conservation Award

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