Main Topics:
· How does the Bay Program currently track your local implementation progress, including stormwater loads and BMPs, septic loads, and CSO and wastewater loads?
· What new initiatives are being considered to track/verify implementation and update various sector loads (e.g., septic to sewered conversions, land applied biosolids, etc.)?
· How have other accounting tools been used to track implementation at the local level and what is their relationship to the Bay Program’s watershed model?
· What are the plans and schedule for upgrading the various components of the Chesapeake Bay modeling suite (for all sectors)?
· How can local data on land use, septic systems, etc., be better incorporated into the TMDL accounting framework?
Presenters:
· Gary Shenk, Integrated Analysis Coordinator, EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office -- on CBP’s suite of models
· Olivia Devereaux, Devereaux Environmental Consulting -- on MAST/CAST/VAST, the Bay program’s tool for local implementation planning
· Ted Brown of Biohabitats -- on use of the Watershed Treatment Model in Montgomery County, Md
· David Bulova and Thomas Williams, AMEC – on use of ChesBay Alert in Alexandria, Va.