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8/3/2019 Ben Gramling Cheryl Nenn Afternoon Presentation

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Sweet Water Trust


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AllAbout SWWT:

Watershed Action Teams (WATs)

1. Overview ofthe Kinnickinnic & Menomonee

River Watersheds2. WAT Progress To-Date

3. Next Steps for the WATs & Your Involvement


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Kinnickinnic River Watershed

26 Square Miles; 20 Miles ofRivers/Streams

KK Mainstem

Wilson Park Creek43rd St. Ditch

Villa Mann Creek

Lyons Park Creek

Holmes Creek

Edgerton Channel


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145,000 Residents(5,500/sq. mile)

Six MunicipalitiesMilwaukee

Cudahy

Greenfield

St. FrancisWest Allis

West Milwaukee


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Current Land Use:Transportation &

Utilities (46%)Residential (34%)

Parks, Recreation& NaturalLands

(10%)


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Major Pollutants:

Urban stormwater

Wildlife, pets & lawns

Transportation Runoff

Illicit Discharges

StreambankErosion

Sanitary & combined

sewer overflows


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Important Features & Constituencies:

Concrete-Lined Channels & Eroded Streambanks

Highly Urbanized Land UseFlood Management Issues

General Mitchell InternationalAirport

GrowingDiversityofResidents


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Existing Initiatives:

WDNR Environmental Restoration


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Flood Management Efforts


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Community-Based Outreach & Education


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KK River Trail


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Menomonee River Watershed

136 Square Miles; 55 Miles ofRivers/Streams

Little Menomonee River

Honey CreekUnderwood CreekDousman DitchWillow Creek

Little Menomonee CreekButler DitchLilly CreekNor-X-Way Channel

Grantosa Creek


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16 Municipalities:

Brookfield

Greenfield

Mequon

Milwaukee

New Berlin

Wauwatosa

West Allis

Brookfield

335,000 Residents

(2463/sq. mile)

Germantown

Lisbon

RichfieldButler

Elm Grove

Germantown

Greendale

Menomonee

Falls

West

Milwaukee


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Current Land Use:

agriculture in N. 1/3,densely urban inlower

1/3, and rest is rapidly

urbanizing

60% Urban,40% rural

90% ofthe populationreceives sanitary sewer

service


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Menomonee River WatershedMenomonee River Watershed

Assessment Points & ReachesAssessment Points & Reaches

18 for the Menomonee

Baseline data:

Water quality

Pollutant loads bylanduse

Habitat report card


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Important Features:

Mainstem originates at a large wetland area inGermantown Menomonee Falls

Some legacy sediment contamination (Kerr McGee Superfund Site on

Little Menomonee; Burnham Canal) Milwaukee County Zoo/Milwaukee CountyGrounds Milwaukee County Parkways/golfcourses

TimmermanAirport

Concrete Lined Channels (Honey Cr., Underwood Cr.)

Menomonee Valley/Miller Park Medical Complex

Lower 4.8 miles is part ofMilwaukee Estuary Area of Concern


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Menomonee River Watershed Elevation ProfileMenomonee River Watershed Elevation Profile

0 5 10 15 20 25 30500

550

600

650

700

750

800

850

900

Men River - Near Future Cond (8-16-05) Plan: Near Future 8-200 5

Main Channel Distance (mi)

Elevation(

ft)

Legend

Ground


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Major Pollutants:

Urban stormwaterWildlife, pets & lawns

Construction site erosion

Illicit Discharges

Ruralnonpoint sourcesEroding agriculturallands

Eroding streambanks

Sanitary & combined seweroverflows


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Riparian Corridors ConditionsRiparian Corridors Conditions

Greater than 75 feetGreater than 75 feet5151 -- 75 feet75 feet2626 -- 50 feet50 feetLess than 25 feetLess than 25 feetEnclosed conduitEnclosed conduit


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Menomonee RiverMenomonee River

BiologicalBiological

ConditionsConditions


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Stream Channel ConditionsStream Channel Conditions

Dams & Drop StructuresDams & Drop Structures


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Existing Initiatives toBuild On:

Menomonee River Flood Management Efforts(Elm Grove, CountyGrounds,Hart Park, Valley Park)

Menomonee River Valley Redevelopment(Stormwater Park,Airline Yards)

Joyce funded NGO work (bacteria monitoring,citizen monitoring,land protection plan,BMPs)

MMSDGreenseams

Municipal work and Group Stormwater Permit(sharing resources, joint education/monitoring)


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Source: SEWRPC, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, GLWI

MN-17 high

bacteria found


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Purpose ofthe Watershed

Restoration Plans

Develop plan to improve ourwatersheds based on scienceand input from stakeholders

Identifycost effective waterquality and habitatimprovements

Incorporate the publics desirefor improvements along the

waterways Identify actions (both short

and long term) to achieve ourwater qualitygoals andobjectives


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Watershed Action Teams:

Responsibilities1. Ensure that a wide range of interests are considered in all watershed

discussions.

2. Focus on issues that cut across existing lines of authority to achievewatershed objectives.

3. Work with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

(SEWRPC) to develop a watershed action plan.4. Identify issues and prepare a priority list of watershed-specific projects and

programs to be supported by the SWWT & recommend this list to theExecutive Steering Council for their review and approval.

5. Identify and make recommendations on watershed-specific issues.

6. Undertake projects or advise on member projects that have been awarded

by the Executive Steering Council.7. Record action team meetingnotes and report out to the Executive SteeringCouncil.


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Watershed Action

Teams Progress:

Water quality 101 trainingand state ofthe rivers atfirst WAT meeting

Review and comment toSWWT on WRP scope of

work Visioning sessionfor overall

watershed goals (clean,natural, accessible watersfor fishing, swimming,

paddling, etc) Identified 3 mainconcerns

for WRPs: human health,nutrients, and habitat(includes aesthetics)


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Next Steps

Adaptive Planning

WRPs are the beginning

Evolutionary Nature ofWATs

Focus ofActivities

Membership Growth & Evolution


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Watershed Restoration Plans

As ofAugust 31, 2009:

1. Executive Summary (drafting in progress)

2. Background How did we get here?

3. Building Partnerships with the SWWT

4. Characterize the Watershed

5. Goals and Solutions

6. Load Reductions from Management Measures

Draft Chapters 2-6 posted on SWWT Website:

www.swwtwater.org/home/documents

Chapter Production Schedule


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Watershed Restoration Plans

After August 31, 2009:

Incorporate comments on Chapters 2-6

Complete draft ofremainingchapters (October 2009)

7. Implementation schedule

8. Implement Measure Adjust

9. References

10. Appendix

Post finalchapters on Webby November 20, 2009

Chapter Production Schedule


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Next Steps, Recruitment

Kinnickinnic Menomonee

Brookfield

Greenfield

Mequon

Milwaukee

New Berlin

WauwatosaWest Allis

Brookfield

Germantown

Lisbon

Richfield

Butler

Elm Grove

Germantown

GreendaleMenomonee Falls

West Milwaukee

MilwaukeeCudahy

Greenfield

St. Francis

West Allis

West Milwaukee


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Next Steps,Goals/Targets These measurable goals will serve as indicators of progress being made toward

improving water quality conditions. Those, which are to be achieved by 2020 include:

1. Converting48 square miles ofmarginalcropland to prairie or wetland conditions.

2. Establishingor expanding riparianbuffers along about 325 miles ofstream bank.

3. Reducing the loads ofthe following pollutants to streams and inland lakes,

relative to existingconditions, as follows:

Total Phosphorus: 15% (57,000-pound reduction)

Total Suspended Solids: 40% (69 million-pound reduction)

Fecal Coliform Bacteria: 50% (36,780 trillion-cell reduction)

Total Nitrogen: 30% (1.1 million-pound reduction) Biochemcial OxygenDemand: 15% (1.8 million-pound reduction)

Copper: 15% (1,300 pound-reduction)


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Next Steps, Projects & Programs

IdentificationofSite-specific Projects andLocal/Regional Programs

PrioritizationofProjects & Programs

Craft Implementation Plans

Costs & Sources ofSupport

Professional & CommunityExpertise/Involvement

Ongoing Interaction with Science & Legal/Policy &ESC


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Next Steps,Generate Early Successes

American Rivers

Great Lakes Restoration Funding

Public & Private Sector InvestmentsPlanned/Underway


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How You CanHelp

Join the SWWT

Get involved onone ofthe SWWT WatershedAction Teams

Help prioritize future actions

Get involved in implementation inyour watershed


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Next Steps, Upcoming Meetings

September Meetings

Parameters & Targets

KK: September 21

4:30-6:30PM,Loc. TBD

Men.: September 22

4:30-6:30PM, UWEX

October Meetings

Projects & Programs

KK: October 20

4:30-6:30PM,Loc. TBD

Men.: October 21

4:30-6:30PM, UWEX


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Watershed Action Team Contacts

Kinnickinnic WAT

Benjamin P. SykesFoley and Lardner,[email protected]

(414) 319-7333

BenGramlingSixteenth St. [email protected]

(414) 385-3577

Menomonee WAT

GailEpping [email protected]

(414) 256-4632

Cheryl NennMilwaukee [email protected]

(414) 287-0207, x229

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