Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program~All Hands Meeting~

Web-based Modeling Development and Other Activities

Presented byJon Bartholic, Ph.D., DirectorGlenn O’Neil, GIS Specialist

Yi Shi, Ph.D., Research Specialist

Four Points by Sheraton Ann Arbor, MIJune 22, 2010

Project DescriptionMSU and Purdue University will develop four on-line water-quality management (sediment reduction) decision support systems for four priority watersheds identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative:

Base System

The base system will be modeled after the previously developed Swan Creek Watershed Management System. The newly developed watershed management systems will be created for the Genesee River Watershed, the Maumee River Watershed, and the Saginaw River Watershed.

A spatial decision support system

promoting ecologically sensitive management

of water quality and water quantity

in the Swan Creek Watershed of NW Ohio

(part of the Maumee River Basin)

Based on the Burns Ditch / Trail Creek System for

Northern Indiana

Swan Creek Watershed Management System

The System Interface

Several ways to access the system’s tools.

Swan Creek Watershed Management System

Key functions:• Agricultural environmental analysis

- Identifying areas at high-risk for erosion and sediment loading to streams

- Prioritizing conservation efforts

- Evaluating field-level BMPs

- Impacts of land cover change

Swan Creek Watershed Management System

Key functions:• Urban environmental analysis

- Estimating surface run-off

- Estimating pollutant loading

- Evaluating Low-impact Development (LID) practices

- Impacts of land cover change

Enhanced System

For the enhanced system, the SCWMS template (which will be used for the base systems), will be re-engineered and expanded to create a seamless online decision support system.

The enhanced system, which will be developed for the Fox River Watershed, will integrate all of the features described under the base system sections with additional features which will be described below.

Sediment

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Outreach / Technology Transfer

Similar to the base systems outreach, MSU and Purdue will seek out partnerships with local groups and agencies in the Fox River Watershed. MSU and Purdue will dialogue with these partners as their respective systems are in development, and attempt to tailor the system to each partners’ identified needs and inputs.

Pigeon River Watershed Planning Project

Tracking Code #2008-0028Work Plan

January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010

C. Integration of High Impact Targeting (HIT) System

Use HIT for sediment load reduction data in conjunction with WARSSS. Provide results of HIT and WARSSS1

Tom Hanselman was contacted for information to be included in the WMP. Hanselman used the HIT tool to predict the current erosion rate, and if BMPs were added how much they would reduce erosion and the cost projections for the BMPs. This information was generated and was sent to FTC&H electronically.

1CONDUCT WATERSHED ASSESSMENT OF RIVER STABILITY AND SEDIMENT SUPPLY

Upper Maple River Watershed Management Plan

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Purpose of Watershed Management Plan 1 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE UPPER MAPLE RIVER WATERSHED 4 2.1 Watershed Characteristics 4 3.0 WATERSHED CONDITIONS 21 3.3 Watershed Inventory and Conditions 24 3.3.4 HIT System 28 3.3.5 BEHI Assessment 29 4.0 IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF POLLUTANTS, SOURCES, AND CAUSES 34 4.1 Nonpoint Sources. 34 4.2 Pollutant Loading by Subwatershed 40 4.3 Identification of Critical Areas for Restoration 42 4.4 Identification of Priority Areas for Preservation and Protection 45

Upper Maple River Watershed Management Plan

Moving Ahead