Water, water everywhere!
This is how old the CWA is, in dog years (figuring one human year is about five dog years- as is accepted by the American Veterinary Medical Association).
What is 250 years old?
This describes how a WOTUS is used today.
What is its existing use?
This program is responsible for separating sewer and storm systems in urban areas.
What is the MS4 program- Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems program?
The time Jeff Lape visits our class.
What is 11am?
Grants are sometimes given to farmers to restore these ecological features along waterways.
What are stream buffers?
An aspirational target for a WOTUS.
What is designated use?
According to Jeff, not all Americans have access to this important water resource.
What is safe drinking water?
Pepperoni, cheese and veggie.
What are the kinds of pizza we will have at lunch, at 12:30.
EPA allows this jurisdiction to set TMDLs and give NPDES permits.
Who is the state?
These standards are set to protect public health.
What are health-based standards?
What is a local watershed governance model?
1976
When is Jeff Lape's graduation date?
Because climate change is forcing sea level rise and increasing the frequency of floods in some locations, we need to turn up the volume on this important water related Q. Hint: the CWA does not address it.
What is water quantity?
Farmers are particularly nervous about how these areas might be regulated if the definition of WOTUS is expanded.
What are ditches?
Jeff says, "We need to embrace the "____ water" concept....
What is "one?"
Environmental Protection Agency
Where did Jeff Lape work?
Sometimes NPDES permits require specific equipment rather than outcomes.
What are technology standards?
TMDLs are an example of this type of policy, which designates a target outcome rather than a required technology.
What is a performance standard?
Jeff says many water resource professionals are getting older. As a result, there are many of these cool things available now.
What are jobs in water resources?
Jeff will do this at 3pm.
What is career counseling?