Water Monitoring Programs of EPA and its Clean Water Act Partners
Program Categories: 1. Status and Process Monitoring 2.Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs 3.Monitoring to Guide the Management of Geographic Programs
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program ( EMAP) Media Studied: Surface Waters, Landscapes, Wetlands Agroecosystems, Forests, Rangelands Waters Studied: Western EPA Regions, Mid-Atlantic, Estuaries Category 1: Status and Process Monitoring
Water Pollution Control Program Monitoring Planning, Assessment, Compliance The Section 319 Nonpoint Source Controls National Monitoring Program Category 2: Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs
Major grant programs cover many activities Funding shown is Federal grant only Monitoring is only a portion of these funds Category 2: Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs
What we know: Monitoring By States Covers Establishing Standards Basin Planning Identifying Problems TMDL Development Setting Permit Limits Assessing NPS Controls Beach/Bed Closures Trending/Indexing Public Education Federal funding is about 1/3 of the total state programs Monitoring consumes $112 to about $180 million annually Category 2: Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs
Source: ASIWPCA
Water Pollution Control Program National Study of Chemical Residues in Lake Fish Tissue EPA - Marine Debris Monitoring and Abatement Pesticides in Selected Water-Supply Reservoirs and Finished Drinking Water, Beach Program National Estuary Program (NEP): National Coastal Assessment Intensive Sampling Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Category 2: Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs
Beaches and Other Monitoring Category 2: Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs
The Florida Keys$ 1.7 Chesapeake Bay18.1 Great Lakes25.2 Gulf of Mexico 1.8 $55 Million Category3. Monitoring to Guide the Management of Geographic Programs
Program Categories: 1. Status and Process Monitoring $43.3 M Annually 2.Monitoring to Guide the Management of National Programs $ M Annually 3.Monitoring to Guide the Management of Geographic Programs $5 M Annually