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Mark Brinson is an East Carolina University ecology professor and wetlands expert, and chair of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management. According to Brinson, achieving the goals of the Clean Water Act and other objectives requires the restoration of riparian functions along waterbodies. Buffer rules adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission for the Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, and Catawba River basins and restoration practices can help maintain riparian zones.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 335, May/June 2002,
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On July 12, 2002, Governor Mike Easley issued a statement asking the federal government to designate fifty-four North Carolina counties as disaster areas due to severe drought throughout the state. On recommendation of the North Carolina Drought Monitoring Council, the governor also called water systems and agricultural and industrial users in the Cape Fear River Basin, the Yadkin River Basin, and in Piedmont areas classified as in “exceptional” or “extreme” drought to reduce their water use by at least twenty-percent through mandatory restrictions. This article discusses the drought of 2002, the conditions of stream flows, groundwater and reservoirs, and the impacts to water quality, energy operations and the economy.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 336, July/Aug 2002,
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34342
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences and Duke University’s Marine Lab are jointly developing ferry-based water quality monitoring as a regional and national tool for assessing estuarine and coastal ecosystem health. In 2000, following massive flooding that inundated Pamlico Sound from hurricanes, the North Carolina Department of Transportation helped establish a pilot water quality monitoring program using the ferries. The FerryMon Program provides a unique, long-term and cost-effective “real-time” observing system to evaluate status and trends in Albemarle-Pamlico system water quality.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 336, July/Aug 2002,
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In October, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission adopted a temporary rule to implement a federally required program to control stormwater discharges to surface waters from publicly owned drainage systems in municipalities and urban areas meeting certain population criteria. The temporary state rule will allow regulated public entities identified under requirements of the federal NPDES Phase II stormwater rule to file applications for permits.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 338, Nov/Dec 2002,
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission directed the Division of Water Resources to conduct a Capacity Use Investigation of the area in and around Bladen County, and to provide a report and recommendations. Dewatering of the Upper Cape Fear Aquifer underlying the area appears to be imminent, and without declaring a Capacity Use Area, the Commission has no authority to limit groundwater withdrawals from the aquifer.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 339, Jan/Feb 2003,
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34345
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) alters more wetlands and riparian areas and undertakes more compensatory mitigation than any other single entity in the state. In March 2002, the second of two reports on evaluation of mitigation sites and the mitigation program was published. The East Carolina University researchers who conducted the evaluation discussed significant weaknesses in NCDOT’s mitigation program and offered recommendations for restoration and improvement.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 339, Jan/Feb 2003,
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According to the North Carolina Drought Monitoring Council, above-normal precipitation since September associated with the El Niño warm event in the Pacific has significantly reversed drought conditions across North Carolina. The State Climate Office expects above normal precipitation through the spring, which should allow water supplies across the state to be in much better condition than last year.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 339, Jan/Feb 2003,
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for most of the activities undertaken to compensate for impacts to wetlands and streams. To help improve these efforts, the new Ecosystem Enhancement Program will absorb the North Carolina Wetlands Restoration Program and certain mitigation-related operations within the DOT. The new program aims to identify impacts to wetlands and streams very early in the roadway planning process.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 340, Mar/Apr 2003,
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34348
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A North Carolina State University project that measured nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment exports from six different land uses in Wake County in the Upper Neuse River Basin, found that nitrogen exports were typically greater than those in previously published reports. Researchers also found that rainfall in the drainage basins contained significant concentrations of nitrogen that often accounted for a considerable portion of the total nitrogen export from all land uses. The export rates illustrate the increase in pollutant associated with development and emphasize the need for implementing best management practices in developed areas.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 340, Mar/Apr 2003,
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34349
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Speakers at the Water Resources Research Institute’s Annual Conference on April 1 discussed water use laws in North Carolina and the future implications of the state’s current water laws and policy. They also discussed the economic value of water resources, water rights and access to water supplies, and water quality improvement.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 341, May/June 2003,
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The Neuse River was classified by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission as Nutrient Sensitive Waters in 1988 due to excessive algal production and fish kills in the Neuse River Estuary. This resulted in mandatory controls on nutrient point source discharges and financial incentive programs to reduce nonpoint sources of nutrients from agriculture. This article discusses the lessons learned about watershed management that can be valuable as water quality issues continue to be addressed across the state.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 342, July/Aug 2003,
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Following a meeting in September with the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, commissioners question whether it would be a violation of the separation of powers provision of the North Carolina Constitution for the General Assembly to delegate veto power over executive branch rules to an independent commission that it appoints. Rejection by the Rules Review Commission of rules to implement the federal NPDES Stormwater Phase II program could set the stage for several challenges.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 343, Sept/Oct 2003,
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Regulatory control of most pollutants is focused on point sources under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Division of Water Quality, whereas sediments and turbidity are regulated nonpoint source pollutants based largely on controls established by the North Carolina Division of Land Resources. This article discusses the major obstacles in sedimentation and erosion control.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 345, Jan/Feb 2004,
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On January 15, the North Carolina Rules Review Commission (RRC) met to consider revisions made by the Environmental Management Commission to the NPDES Stormwater Phase II rules in response to earlier rejections. After listening to special interest groups, the RRC passed a motion to disapprove rules in the stormwater program. However, it is still unknown which specifically which rules the motion applied to.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 345, Jan/Feb 2004,
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In North Carolina, where sanitary sewers are separate from sewers that carry stormwater, wastewater treatment capacity has not been a priority issue because only extreme rainfall events might threaten treatment capacity. A proposed Environmental Protection Agency policy would allow wastewater blending of primary and secondary treatments as long as permit limits are met. North Carolina does not currently have a blending policy, but may consider a policy that would recognize varying circumstances statewide.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 345, Jan/Feb 2004,
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