1. Kentucky Growth Readiness for Water Quality Does your water quality matter?

2. Acknowledgements Tennessee Valley Authority University of Kentucky Extension Kentucky Environmental Education Council Kentucky Association of Counties Kentucky League of Cities Kentucky Division of Water University of Louisville U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Kentucky Transportation Center Kentucky Waterways Alliance KDOW and TVA adapted work by the Tennessee NEMO program, the University of Connecticut NEMO program and the Center for Watershed Protection. This work was funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under §319(h) of the Clean Water Act through the Kentucky Division of Water to University of Louisville (Grant # C9994861-02).

3. New water quality requirements and consequences What are the impact of federal and state water quality regulations on local communities ?

4. The labyrinth of laws Clean Water Act –305(b) – Stream assessments –303(d) – Impaired streams needing TMDL KPDES Phase II Safe Drinking Water Act Groundwater Floodplain regulations

5. Clean Water Act – KPDES Phase II We’re now covered MS4 requirements Permitting requirements

6. What is an MS4? Municipal separate storm sewer system Anything used to collect or convey storm water

7. Minimum MS4 permitting requirements Public education and outreach Public involvement/participation Illicit connection discharge detection and elimination Construction site erosion control Storm water management in new developments Pollution prevention/good housekeeping

8. Clean Water Act – 303(d) States are required to: Identify streams not in compliance with standards – 303(d) list Set total maximum daily load requirements Limit development or activities that contribute to load

9. What is the TMDL? Total Maximum Daily Load Maximum amount of pollution that a waterbody can receive and meet water quality standards Maximum amount includes –pollution from point and non-point sources –plus a margin of safety Considers seasonal variation in flows and loading Limits new development that adds to load without reduction from other sources

10. How long are restrictions in force? Survey every five years or less Permitting restrictions in place until next survey Burden is on community to show earlier compliance

11. Clean Water Act – 305(b) Report every two years National Water Quality Inventory report Snap shot of quality of nation’s waters Generally consistent with 303(d) list

12. Streams not in compliance Stream Condition 2003 305(b) Data Prepared by Kentucky Division of Water, October 2003 Not Assessed Threatened Fair Poor Good Insert map of streams not in compliance for your county!

13. Safe Drinking Water Act Delineate areas providing water to public systems Identify contaminants Inventory of potential contaminant sources Make results public

14. Groundwater regulations Septic fields Underground storage tanks Deep injection wells Landfills Above ground storage of petroleum products and hazardous materials Wellhead and Groundwater Protection Plans

15. National Flood Insurance Program floodplain regulations Community participation voluntary Local regulations must meet minimum federal standards Federal flood insurance and disaster relief not available in communities which do not participate Federal funds not available for floodplain projects

16. Land use and water quality: the choices are ours