OCONOMOWOC WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM
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KT Kayak Rentals is a proud partner of the OWPP! We currently assist with events, planning and Total Phosphorus sampling. Our river is a treasure and we all must work together to ensure its beauty and prosperity for years to come.
The City of Oconomowoc is spearheading a long term, unprecedented watershed project for the Oconomowoc river basin. This unique and innovative program is known as the Oconomowoc Watershed Protection Program, (OWPP) and is being implemented within the structure of a new DNR watershed improvement program aimed at phosphorous reduction called "Adaptive Management". The City’s Adaptive Management Plan was approved on September 15th, 2015 and is the first plan to be awarded by the state of Wisconsin and one of the first plans to be approved nation wide. This program is clearly advantageous for the entire watershed from an environmental and economic health and sustainability standpoint. A federal grant from the Department of Agriculture has also been awarded to the City to help offset the costs over the first five years of the 15 year project. This Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) grant was announced in January and was one of only three grants awarded in Wisconsin and 105 across the US. This speaks well for the City’s program as over 600 applicants nationwide were considered.
The project will encompass an area 83,000 acres in size, 49 miles in length, including 17 lakes and two Class 1 Trout Streams. Three tributary streams and five lakes in the watershed are considered to be impaired. The City holds the only treatment plant WPDES Permit in the watershed and operates a 4.0 MGD Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility for the City and surrounding communities and lake properties.
The OWPP will focus on point and non-point sources of pollutants entering the Oconomowoc River and tributary streams in the watershed. Projects to control storm water as well as agricultural runoff will be implemented with cost sharing by many entities in the basin.
For more information contact Tom Steinbach at 262-569-2192 or e-mail at [email protected].
oconomowocwatershed.com
KT Kayak Rentals is a proud partner of the OWPP! We currently assist with events, planning and Total Phosphorus sampling. Our river is a treasure and we all must work together to ensure its beauty and prosperity for years to come.
The City of Oconomowoc is spearheading a long term, unprecedented watershed project for the Oconomowoc river basin. This unique and innovative program is known as the Oconomowoc Watershed Protection Program, (OWPP) and is being implemented within the structure of a new DNR watershed improvement program aimed at phosphorous reduction called "Adaptive Management". The City’s Adaptive Management Plan was approved on September 15th, 2015 and is the first plan to be awarded by the state of Wisconsin and one of the first plans to be approved nation wide. This program is clearly advantageous for the entire watershed from an environmental and economic health and sustainability standpoint. A federal grant from the Department of Agriculture has also been awarded to the City to help offset the costs over the first five years of the 15 year project. This Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) grant was announced in January and was one of only three grants awarded in Wisconsin and 105 across the US. This speaks well for the City’s program as over 600 applicants nationwide were considered.
The project will encompass an area 83,000 acres in size, 49 miles in length, including 17 lakes and two Class 1 Trout Streams. Three tributary streams and five lakes in the watershed are considered to be impaired. The City holds the only treatment plant WPDES Permit in the watershed and operates a 4.0 MGD Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility for the City and surrounding communities and lake properties.
The OWPP will focus on point and non-point sources of pollutants entering the Oconomowoc River and tributary streams in the watershed. Projects to control storm water as well as agricultural runoff will be implemented with cost sharing by many entities in the basin.
For more information contact Tom Steinbach at 262-569-2192 or e-mail at [email protected].