Delaware’s Draft Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan for the Chesapeake Watershed was submitted to the EPA on Dec. 15, 2011.

EPA reviewed the document and provided comments in Feb. 2012. Public comments were accepted through March 21, 2012. All suggestions were considered and the document was modified accordingly.

The Phase II WIP provides additional details about the partner organizations who will implement the WIP; specifies when plan actions will occur, and identifies the resources necessary for success. Additionally, some of the implementation goals identified in the Phase I WIP have been parsed down to a smaller scale, such as at the County level.

Finally, the Phase II plan establishes implementation goals for 2017, which is when 60 percent of the necessary nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment goals must be achieved, with 100 percent of the actions necessary to achieve the TMDLs implemented by 2025.

Phase II WIP Documents

Delaware’s Final Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan

• Appendix A: Public Talk – Real Choices
• Appendix B: Interagency Workgroup and Subcommittee Members
• Appendix C: Delaware’s Nonpoint Source Best Management Practice Quality Assurance Project Plan, Updated Spring 2011
• Appendix D: Seaford’s Washington Street Stormwater Retrofit Project
• Appendix E: Draft University of Delaware Report – The Modeling of Land Use Activities within the Delaware Segment of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Appendix F: Scope of Work: Modifying Delaware’s Nutrient Budget Protocol for Use as an Offset Tracking Tool in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Appendix G: 2017 & 2025 Agriculture Best Management Practice Implementation Levels
• Appendix H: Nutrient Management Annual Report Form for the Choptank Watershed
• Appendix I: Final University of Delaware Report – Socioeconomic Value of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Delaware
• Appendix J: Nonpoint Source Best Management Practice Efficiency Table
• Appendix K: Municipal Ordinance Review Memo
• Appendix L: Municipal Model Ordinance Memo

Input Decks

An input deck is a spreadsheet formatted specifically for inclusion in the Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed model for analyzing future “what if” scenarios by the EPA. The spreadsheet contains information about the type and amount of best management practices that may be implemented, the associated units, the land uses or fish and wildlife the management practices apply to, and where these BMPs will be located.

• 2013, 2017, 2025 Wastewater Treatment Plant Input Deck
• 2025 Nonpoint Source Best Management Practice Input Deck
• 2017 Nonpoint Source Best Management Practice Input Deck

Comments and Responses

EPA’s Evaluation of Delaware’s Draft Phase II WIP

Phase II WIP Public Comments and Responses

More Phase II WIP Information

Interactive Map: Proposed Areas for Advanced Treatment On-Site Systems in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Public forums presentation and posters on Phase II WIP development process (August 4 and 11, 2011)

WIP Related Information

2-Year Milestone Goals to help achieve the TMDL and WIP

ChesapeakeStat – view data and information on progress toward meeting Chesapeake goals

Related Topics:  chesapeake, implementation, nonpoint source, water quality, watershed, watershed stewardship