May 7, …for healthy Water Quality, Quantity, and Aquatic Habitat Presenter: Dianne Denson Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation ACWA Alaska’s Clean Water Actions

May 7, Priorities for healthy water Actions to make it happen  Restoration: Coordination / integration of high priority waters  Protection: actions to abate / prevent further degradation  Stewardship: land use planning, permitting, monitoring, behavior awareness, education, best mgmt practices

May 7, Why does Alaska need to coordinate water info and actions?  Alaska has over 45% of nation’s surface water resources  Limited (people) resources are available to assess, manage and restore waters

May 7, We need ACWA…. to develop comprehensive information about  Water Quality,  Quantity, &  Aquatic Habitat  And better understand what is needed for healthy waters

May 7, What does each agency bring to ACWA? Environmental Conservation- Establish water quality standards; assess, protect and restore waters Natural Resources- Manage natural resources to positively effect water quantity, quality, and aquatic habitat, including in-stream flow Fish and Game- Manage aquatic habitat and waterway access

May 7, ACWA Agencies …  Prioritize waterbodies  direct funding and actions where most needed  Coordinate State’s water resource programs  reduce redundancies & agencies’ work efforts  Identify gaps - strive to eliminate them  Organize how we apply existing programs and regulatory authority…not create new ones

May 7, How does ACWA work? 1. Waters are nominated, scored, and ranked (prioritized) 2. Actions are identified for high priority waters 3. ACWA agencies ID all funding sources 4. Agencies issue a grant solicitation 5. Grant proposals scored & ranked 5. Grant proposals scored & ranked 6. Successful "projects" are funded

May 7, ACWA Online Web Application  Tool to enable the ACWA process  Enable easier sharing of data and information Allows Agency personnel to Allows Agency personnel to − Provide input on waterbodies − See other agency information − View/print reports from central location  Replaces manual system using /Excel  Enables Agencies to TRACK priority waters

May 7, ACWA Online Web Application Overview ANALYZE NOMINATION Info SCORE Waters for Sufficient & Credible Data RANK Waters (Prioritize) IDENTIFY ACTIONS for Priority Waters NOMINATE a Waterbody Reps from each Agency Are STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS Adequate? Did ACTIONS produce DESIRED RESULTS ? Are RECOVERY ACTIONS Required ?

May 7, ACWA Online Web Application Overview (continued)  Secure Login - Public or Agency? Public  display your Nominations Public  display your Nominations Agency  display ALL Nominations Agency  display ALL Nominations  Nominate Waterbody Waterbody description Waterbody description Issues & Concerns – Quality, Quantity, Habitat Issues & Concerns – Quality, Quantity, Habitat Uses & Sources Uses & Sources Supporting Documentation Supporting Documentation

May 7, LOGON SCREEN

May 7, NOMINATIONS LIST – Public view

May 7, NOMINATIONS LIST – Agency view

May 7, AGENCY HOME PAGE

May 7, SCORING

May 7, RANKING

May 7, SCORING & RANKING TOTALS – All Agencies

May 7, ASSIGN ACTIONS

May 7, SCORING REPORT 400+ Nominations ~ 400 Waterbodies

May 7, What Next? MODIFY actions as necessary TRACK priority waters EVALUATE actions taken EVALUATE new information

May 7, Thank you … QUESTIONS??

May 7, ACWA Technical Specs  Developed using VB.net  SQL Server database & Reporting Services  Separate functions for Public - Agency personnel Public - Agency personnel  3-tier secure server environment Database Database Web Web Applications Applications  URL

May 7, ACWA Issues  Network - Reporting  Multiple Nominations per Waterbody  Secure logon

May 7, NOMINATION – Waterbody Info

May 7, NOMINATION – Issues & Concerns: Quality

May 7, NOMINATION – Issues & Concerns: Quantity

May 7, NOMINATION – Issues & Concerns: Aquatic Habitat

May 7, NOMINATION – Uses & Sources

May 7, NOMINATION – Uses & Sources (cont.)

May 7, NOMINATION – Documentation

May 7, REPORT – Waterbody Rank by Track