Christina Basin Pollution Control Strategy: A Watershed-based Strategy to Implement Total Maximum Daily Loads in the Brandywine, Red Clay, and White Clay Creeks, and Christina River in Delaware
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2008-07-10T15:51:16Z
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The Pollution Control Strategy (PCS) includes narrative on the unique characteristics of the basin, the resources that make the basin valuable, the Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDLs) set for the basin, and the Christina Basin Tributary Action Team process. The most significant component
of this document are the 40 recommendations grouped by the following categories: stormwater, open space,
wastewater, agriculture, and education. These recommendations were developed through a collaborative effort by
the Christina Basin Tributary Action Team. The PCS also includes a chapter on the monitoring stations located
throughout the Delaware portion of the basin and the water quality parameters tested at these stations. This chapter
discusses the importance of water quality monitoring upon implementation of the PCS. The final chapter in the PCS
quantifies the economic benefits of the Christina Basin and provides an estimate of the cost of implementing the
recommendations set forth in the PCS. This chapter provides quantifiable evidence that improving the water quality
in the Christina Basin makes economic sense.
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water, pollution, control, strategies, watershed, recommendations, Christina River, Red Clay Creek, White Clay Creek, Brandywine Creek, TMDLs, nonpoint source