Sedimentation and Erosion Control Issues
This section contains information about sedimentation and ersosion control issues as well as materials related to the Muddy Water Watch Training Program.
- Overview of Sedimentation Problems in the Catawba Basin
- Information and pictures about sedimentation and erosion control problems in the Catawba Basin.
- Economics of Low Impact Development
- Muddy Water Watch Fact Sheet
- What we would like from developers
- EPA News Article on the Muddy Water Watch Program
- State and Local Sedimentation Enforcement Staff in N.C.
- Contact information for state and local sedimentation and erosion control enforcement personnell in North Carolina.
- N.C. Case Law regarding Sedimentation
- WITESIDE ESTATES, INC., Plaintiff, v. HIGHLANDS COVE, L.L.C., Defendant - Case outlining the law regarding action to recover the repair and restoration costs for plaintiff’s creek and lake property caused by the sedimentation emanating from defendant’s property.
- Sedimentation and Erosion Control Enforcement Staff in NC
- The contact information for staff responsible for enforcing the sedimentation and erosion control regulations throughout North Carolina.
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Table of Contents
- Table of contents of materials for SC Muddy Water Watch classes.
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Preface
- Preface to SC MWW materials.
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - How to Use This Manual
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Introduction
- Introduction with headings
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Understanding permits
- Understanding permits
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Evaluating a Site
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Site Report Card
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SEDIMENT REDUCTION ACT
- STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SEDIMENT REDUCTION ACT
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - S.C. Pollution Control Act
- S.C. Pollution Control Act
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Erosion & Sediment Reduction Act of 1983
- S.C. Erosion & Sediment Reduction Act of 1983
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - S.C. Forest Management Act
- S.C. Forest Management Act
- S.C. Muddy Water Watch Materials - Rock Hill ordinance
- Rock Hill Sedimentation and Erosion Control Rules
- Sedimentation Issues in Mountains of Western N.C.
- Special measures designed for steep slopes are required to address sedimentation problems in the upper portion of the Catawba Basin. The following slide presentation and video provide information about the problem of controling sediment on steep slopes and potential solutions.
- EPA Issues Rule to Reduce Water Pollution from Construction Sites
- EPA announced on November 23, 2009, that it was tightening the standards for sediment. Despite a successful lawsuit by Waterkeeper Alliance requiring the EPA to require numeric limits, we felt it might take many years for the states to actually require it because EPA was dragging its feet. It still might, but this push from the EPA might encourage this sooner rather than later. We are interested in legislation in sediment legislation for 2010 and this could possibly help us push for new legislation. Effluent limits might not be possible through legislation but getting better ground cover requirements and other measures to control runoff that gets us closer to accomplishing sediment reductions effluent limits hope to achieve in the long run. Sediment pollution is the number one water pollution problem in North Carolina.
- Soil runoff from Target project still damaging stream
- Catawba Riverkeeper volunteers have been closely monitoring the development of the new Target store near Cox Road and I-85. This project required moving a large portion of a hillside and rerouting a stream. As reported in the article, it is questionable about whether it is feasible to limit sedimentation in the short-term and whether the site will be stable over the long term.
