A Watershed-Based Approach for Waste Load Allocation in Iowa, April 1997

(1997) A Watershed-Based Approach for Waste Load Allocation in Iowa, April 1997. Natural Resources, Department of

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Abstract

It is recommended that Iowa adopt the watershed approach as the basis for water quality management in the State. The watershed approach should be implemented over a five year period, along the proposed watershed management cycle. The Watershed-based approach is built around three central elements: organization of water quality management on the basis of geographic management units (usually river basins), coordination and cooperation between agencies and individuals involved in a watershed, and addressing water quality management issues within the framework of the basin management cycle. The basin management cycle consists of 6 phases: monitoring and data collection, assessment of water quality conditions and standards violations, determining priorities, developing management strategies (point and non-point source controls), establishing a basin management plan and watershed plans and, finally, implementation of the plans.