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- References for Solutions Pages: Costs and Effectiveness
- Nitrogen-Reducing Wastewater Solutions
- Fertilizer Management
- Stormwater Management
- Science, Monitoring and Strategies
- Success Stories and Progress
- Nitrogen Reduction Management
- General Tools Regarding Nitrogen Pollution
Science, Monitoring and Strategies
Long Island Sound
- 2018 Long Island Sound Report Card
- Long Island Sound Nitrogen Strategy- Long Island Sound Study (EPA)
- EPA Nitrogen Action Plan – Long Island Sound Study
- Long Island Sound Nitrogen Loading Model in Excel Format: Jamie Vaudrey UCONN
- Unified Water Study – Save the Sound’s Monitoring Program for LIS Embayments
- Learn More about Your Own Watershed: Embayment Load Map Viewer
Connecticut
- Integrated Water Resource Management CTDEEP Fact Sheet
- CTDEEP Integrated Water Resource Management-Technical Support Document
- Final Document Integrated Water Resource Management Selected Waters for Action Plan Development
- CTDEEP Second-Generation Nitrogen Strategy
- Connecticut Sea Grant’s Report: Valuing the Coast: Economic Impacts of Connecticut’s Maritime Industry.
- Importance of Water Quality for Marinas in Stonington, CT
- CTDEEP-Nitrogen Strategy
Success Stories and Progress
- Area and duration of Dead Zone reduced in Long Island Sound
- Whales return to Long Island Sound
- Tampa Bay Seagrass Recovery
- Mumford Cove Eelgrass Recovery
Learn More about Nitrogen Reduction Management
Massachusetts
- Cape Cod Regional Wastewater Management Plan Overview January 2013
- Regional Wastewater Management Plant (RWMP)
- Cape Cod Area Wide Water Quality Management Plan: 208 Plan (2017 Implementation Report)
- 208 Project Locations 2017 Update
- Technologies Matrix
- Massachusetts Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan (2014-2019)
- Inter-municipal Watershed Planning and TMDL Implementation to Restore Embayment Water Quality on Cape Cod
- Massachusetts Clean Water Toolkit
- Massachusetts Nonpoint Source Success Stories
- Implementation Plan and Watershed Reports from Subwatersheds on Cape Cod
- Example Watershed Report: Three Bays Watershed: Barnstable and Sandwich, MA (Submitted to Mass DEP but not yet approved)
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management: Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Rhode Island Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan
- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management – Onsite Wastewater Page
- Alternative & Experimental Technologies
- Rhode Island Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
- New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program (University of Rhode Island)
- University of Rhode Island Stormwater Solutions & Green Infrastructure
- Nonpoint Source Success Stores: Rhode Island (EPA)
- Progress in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay
- Monitoring Nutrients in the Pawcatuck River Watershed
- Simple Ways YOU can help keep Rhode Island’s Waters Clean
- Recommendations for Bay Friendly Living
Long Island
- Long Island’s Elephant in the Room: Nitrogen Pollution
- Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan (LINAP)
- Working Groups
- Suffolk County Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan
- Suffolk County Reclaim Our Water Initiative
- Long Island Clean Water Partnership
Chesapeake Watershed
Delaware
- 2011 Milestones for Reduction Nitrogen and Phosphorus
- Delaware: Division of Water
- Delaware Chesapeake Watershed Implementation Plan (Local and State Level)
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed BMP’s Story Map
- Delaware Wastewater System Regulations
Maryland
- Maryland Department of the Environment: Onsite Systems
- Regulatory Reform Requiring Best Available Septic Technology
- Maryland’s Nonpoint Source Program
- Maryland’s Watershed Implementation Plans (Local and State Level)
Virginia
- Virginia: Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase I Watershed Implementation Plan (Local and State Level)
- Virginia Department of Health: Alternative Onsite Sewage Disposal Systems
- Virginia Cooperative Extension: On-Site Sewage Treatment Alternatives
Florida: Tampa Bay
- Nitrogen Management Consortium Fact Sheet
- Management Priorities Workshop (2007) Tampa Bay Estuary Program
- Tampa Bay Nitrogen Management Program Presentation 2014
- See Example Projects: Tampa Bay Estuary Program Action Plan Database
- Tampa Bay Water Atlas
- Implementing a Voluntary, Nonregulatory Approach to Nitrogen Management in Tampa Bay, FL: A Public/Private Partnership
Florida: Indian River Lagoon
- Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program: 5 Year Program Evaluation
- Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan Update (2008)
- Indian River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plan: North Indian River Lagoon (2013)
- Impaired Waters and Management Action Plan Maps
- Florida DEP: Nitrogen Source Inventory and Loading Tool
- Volusia County, FLA, Statement in support of Septic System Legislation
- Volusia County, FLA Supporting Documentation for Stricter Fertilizer Rules
- Indian River Lagoon Research at Florida Atlantic University
- Stick to the Game Plan for Indian River Lagoon
General Tools Regarding Nitrogen Pollution
- EPA’s Compilation of Cost Data Associated with the Impacts and Control of Nutrient Pollution
- New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEWIPCC) Onsite Wastewater Page
- NEWIPCC Nonpoint Source Pollution Resources
Nitrogen-Reducing Wastewater Solutions
- EPA’s Septic Smart Website
- EPA’s Advanced Technology for Onsite Treatment of Wastewater, Products Approved by State
- Suffolk County Technology Website (new models, prices, contractors)
- Connecticut Department of Public Health: Subsurface Sewage
- CTDEEP: Septic System Information
- New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program (University of Rhode Island) and Wastewater Fact Sheets
- Uplands Wastewater Wetland Info Sheet
Sewer connections
- Contact your local Public Works Department for more information.
- Case Study: USGS Study of the Effects of Sewering on Nitrogen Loads to the Niantic River, Southeastern Connecticut, 2005-2011
Permeable Reactive Barriers
- EPA’s Citizens Guide to Permeable Reactive Barriers
- PRBs for Cape Cod Infrastructure Guide
- PRB Use in Massachusetts, Research by Woods Hole
- PRB Use in Great Bay, New Hampshire
- Primary Literature on PRB: PRBs Effectiveness, PRBs in Waquoit Bay,
Fertilizer Management
- Lawn Care for Homeowners UCONN
- Long Island Sound Study: What you can do around your Backyard?
- UCONN Extension Advice on Lawn Fertilizer
- UConn Soil Test Request Form & Instructions– Homeowners can send soil samples to the UConn Soil Diagnostic Lab and for $12 receive recommendations on fertilizer types and amounts.
- Example Ordinances and Regulations