Abstract
 Basin Management Action Plan Development in Hillsborough County, Florida Track: Water Resources Author(s): Ed Sherwood, Jennifer Lana, Gerold Morrison Federally mandated total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) have recently been adopted to reduce pollutant loading to impaired waters in Hillsborough County, Florida. Consequently, "Basin Management Action Plan" (BMAP) development, a TMDL implementation process utilized in Florida, has been initiated. The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, as part of a local stakeholder group that is working to develop BMAPs for the impaired waters, has used ArcGIS to collate, analyze, and disseminate land use and water quality information to participating stakeholders. This work has allowed specific land areas and hydrologic sub-basins of impaired watersheds to be identified and ranked based upon their potential discharges of non-point source pollutant loadings. Using a modification of the EPA SIMPLE method, a ModelBuilder tool in ArcGIS was constructed to automate the process. These methods and application of ArcGIS capabilities offer a valuable planning tool for development of new water quality and stormwater management programs. Ed Sherwood EPCHC ERM 3629 Queen Palm Dr. Tampa , FL 33619 US Phone: 8136272600 Fax: 8136272650 E-mail: sherwoode@epchc.org Jennifer Lana EPCHC ERM 3629 Queen Palm Dr. Tampa , FL 33619 US Phone: 8136272600 Fax: 8136272650 E-mail: lanaj@epchc.org Gerold Morrison EPCHC ERM 3629 Queen Palm Dr. Tampa , FL 33619 US Phone: 8136272600 E-mail: MorrisonG@epchc.org |
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