Month: February 2013

  • Meeting to discuss the statewide TMDL for PCBs

    Meeting to discuss the statewide TMDL for PCBs

    The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is proposing a statewide Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for inland lakes impacted by atmospheric deposition of PCBs. The TMDL is required under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act. A draft of the TMDL document is available on the DEQ’s Surface Water Assessment Section website.

    A meeting will be held to discuss the development of the TMDL, the process, and associated activities in Lansing on Wednesday, February 6 at 1:00pm at the Michigan Library and Historical Center in The Forum (702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI). Questions can be directed to Marcy Knoll, Aquatic Biologist with the DEQ Water Resources Division at (517) 335-7360.

  • Phosphorus TMDL meeting and Kalamazoo River 319 project kick-off

    Phosphorus TMDL meeting and Kalamazoo River 319 project kick-off

    The Lake Allegan/Kalamazoo River Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Committee will meet on the morning of February 21 at 9:00am at the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant, 1415 N. Harrison Street. Download a copy of the meeting agenda.

    This meeting will serve as the kick-off meeting for the Watershed Council’s 319 project. The purpose of the project is two-fold: 1) to provide stormwater management assistance and educational outreach to non-regulated communities in the Lake Allegan TMDL watershed, and 2) to use bacterial source tracking methods to better understand the sources of pathogens in Davis Creek. At this meeting we will focus on how communities will be selected for stormwater management assistance and what level of commitment is required of participating communities. Read the web post for more information about the project.

    Click here to read background information on the TMDL.

  • Kalamazoo River oil spill clean up article

    Kalamazoo River oil spill clean up article

    Inside Climate News recently published an article on their website about the status of Enbridge Energy’s clean up efforts in the Kalamazoo River Watershed.  The KRWC Board President Dr. Stephen Hamilton was interviewed for the article.  Read the full article to get up-to-date on what is happening with the oil clean up.