1. MDE’s Phase III WIP Inventory 2018 Fall Regional WIP Meetings
Gregorio Sandi
MDE Integrated Water Planning Program

2. What is the Inventory?
MDE’s WIP Inventory is a process that is designed to:
Promote long-term partnerships
State/County/Municipalities
MDE Integrated Water Planning Program
Provide interactive format to coordinate
Developing the Phase III WIP
Support local priorities
Assist in implementing WIP strategies
Identify barriers and solutions to meeting local and State goals
Identify Best Management Practices (BMPs) for planning and future funding
Incorporate “co-benefits” concept

3. MDE WIP Inventory Timeline
Summer/Fall 2018: Conduct focused meetings between county staff and MDE/MDP staff to investigate current status of WIP Strategies and to identify needs
Fall 2018 Regional Workshops: Local staff to review WIP Summary sheets to provide strategy refinement for WIP goals
Winter/
Spring 2019:
Build feedback from local partners into the WIP adaptive management strategy
Summer 2019:
WIP is approved by EPA and MDE conducts follow up visits to each jurisdiction
2019 & Beyond:
Continue outreach to ensure all partners are aware of changes in planning and WIP efforts

4. First Round of Meetings
Completed in July – October 2018
Promote State/Jurisdiction partnership
Assessments of what we can achieve now and what we can plan for post 2025

5. Statewide Feedback We are listening!
A high-level synopsis of key feedback from around the State

6. County Feedback: State-Level Support
Jurisdictions believe they are understaffed and underfunded, the State needs to provide additional resources
Money (Particularly Non-MS4 jurisdictions)
Increase funding levels of existing grants
Need ranking metrics beyond pounds per dollar
Need dedicated WIP Implementation funds
Ensure equitable distribution of funds across the State
Staffing
BMP Verification (Inspections and Maintenance are a HUGE time commitment)
GIS & Data Management (Tracking BMPs)
Proposed urban “SCD” model

7. County Feedback: Designing the WIP
The Phase III WIP should reflect goals that align with local priorities
Stormwater permit obligations
Local water quality
Flooding
Sea level change
Other Jurisdiction priorities
Realize the Maryland WIP community is not one size fits all
Stormwater? Predominantly rural counties
Competitive economic pressures from other States (shrinking populations)
Ultra urban areas with little land to implement BMPs

8. County Feedback: Increased Outreach
Jurisdictions feel that the State needs to maintain more consistent and frequent communication with local jurisdictions
Greater outreach to promote the process
Promote private landowners that participate in restoration
Design tools that better highlight local success

9. County Feedback: Phase III BMP Strategies
MS4 Community: MS4 Stormwater restoration strategies reflect WIP goals
Non MS4: Phase II BMP strategies were robust and represent current WIP strategy
Strategy and Targeting
Many efforts rely on opportunity more than strategic goals
We need to come up with new BMP solutions
The permitting process needs to be more streamlined
Stream Restoration
Stormwater Management
Wetlands

10. County Feedback: Adapting to Changing Conditions
Witnessing larger, flashier storms with greater precipitation rates
Need to plan/design for greater water quantity and flow control
Need to be able to drain flat coastal areas
Counties are witnessing site level BMPs overwhelmed in urban areas
Increased flooding
Increased volume and flow rates are damaging infrastructure
Need ways to address this in a more timely fashion (e.g. reduced permiting requirements)
There needs to be a plan for loss of coastal land

11. Next Steps for today
WIP Summary Sheet: Conservative estimate of possible implementation potential
Developed in response to collective inventory meeting responses
Give jurisdictions a visual look at potential Phase III WIP goals
Not final, opportunity for feedback from each jurisdiction (Actual #s will vary)
Build Phase III WIP Goals
Help us with creating meaningful feedback
Build in Adaptive Management
Prioritize BMPs that are in the Long-term plan for potential inclusion in near-term
Breakout Sessions: Vet the WIP Summary created by MDE, improve the document to ensure that goals it is consistent with local priorities, Make the document a useful high-level planning tool

12. Establishing Local Goals
STATE-LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
WIP Inventory Meetings
Regional Meetings
Other meetings, as necessary
Estimate number & type of BMPs to be installed within each county by 2025
BMPs input into P6 CAST model:
Load reductions by county/sector
Adaptive Management
Phase III WIP
Final Report August 2019
Updates at each 2-year milestone
Local Goals
county-wide by sector
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Expectations for the Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans
EPA expects each of the seven jurisdictions to describe in their respective Phase III WIPs:
Local planning goals below the state-major basin scales and in the form best suited for
directly engaging local, regional, and federal partners in WIP implementation.

13. Moving Forward
MDE will continue to work directly with local jurisdictions to:
Develop and implement plans to meet water quality goals
Assist in aligning these plans with other local priorities
Promote, and assist with, additional work that goes into long-term planning
To 2025 and beyond!!!
Gregorio Sandi
MDE – Integrated Water Planning Program
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Section
Acknowledgement: All of the photographs in this presentation came from MDE or Unsplash.com