Using PTMApp Products to Develop a Targeted Implementation Schedule

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1 Using PTMApp Products to Develop a Targeted Implementation Schedule Charles Fritz, Director, International Water Institute Mark R. Deutschman, Ph.D., P.E. Houston Engineering Drew Kessler, Houston Engineering A local government, non-profit, private partnership

2 Outline Session 1 Background and Motivation for PTMApp Session 2 Using PTMApp Products to Develop a Targeted Implementation Plan Session 3 Using PTMApp Products in Complex Hydrologic System: A Proposed Method Session 4 How to build PTMApp Desktop Products Wrap-up

3 Session 1 Background and Motivation 1. Reminder of where we ve come from 2. Explore motivations for using technology to address water quality resource concerns

4 Removing Barriers to Using Technology for Resource Management Intuitive use Enhancing data context (making it personal) Speed decision making (faster than normal method ) Improved trust in the data Better decision than without technology User Needs Report: The Role of Climate and Water Resources Decisions with the Klamath Basin of Oregon and California. HEI April

5 Technology Use and The Value Proposition summarizes why a consumer should buy a product or use a service, and describes how the particular product or service will add more value or better solve a problem than other similar offerings. The value proposition (why you buy, in this case use the products from a specific technology application) varies across the Stakeholder groups engaged in managing water and water quality.

6 Water Quality Technology Applications & Consumers Value Propositions Agricultural Producer Certified Crop Advisor Commodity Groups Ag Retailers Yield & profitability Full service provider Serve members Serve members Land stewardship Additional business area Communicate conservation success stories Additional business area Regulatory concerns Strengthen producer trust relationship Manage regulatory risks Producer Profitability Land Stewardship Producer profitability Reduce regulation risks District Soil and Water Conservation Staff Deliver conservation programs Meet State statutory obligations Increased funding for projects Ensure projects meet goals Improve resource quality State WQ Agency Meet legislative funding requirements Document measurable progress Provide local assistance Bridge planning and implementation gaps Improve resource quality Federal Agencies Regulatory compliance Improve resource quality PTMApp Focus Nongovernmental Organizations Municipalities Meet organization goals Provide community service Facilitate local participation Reduced water treatment cost Improve resource quality Reduced cost for point source control through trading

7 Water Quality Technology Applications & Consumers Value Propositions District Soil and Water Conservation Staff Deliver conservation programs Meet State statutory obligations Increased funding for projects Ensure projects meet goals Improve resource quality State WQ Agency Meet legislative funding requirements Document measurable progress Provide local assistance Bridge planning and implementation gaps Improve resource quality Agricultural Producer Yield & profitability Land stewardship Regulatory concerns PTMApp Focus

8 PTMApp Origin IWI/HEI conceives concept Failed LCCMR proposal Board of Water and Soil Resources encourages submittal under Clean Water Fund (CWF) Grant submitted by IWI through Red River Watershed Management Board (RRWMB) 1 st grant focused on creating the products 2 nd grant submitted by IWI through RRWMB 2 nd Grant focuses on use of products and building PTMApp

9 PTMApp Components Desktop Tools (available for distribution) Final testing completed on Root River and Red Lake River watersheds Download from ArcGIS add-in toolbar, requiring issuance of (free) key Multiple products created Products stored in geodatabase PTMApp Web (under development) Desktop products uploaded to web server Need e-link account Enable web access to the products created by PTMApp-Desktop Web concept design completed Development under way Future includes scenario builder

10 How to Get PTMApp - Desktop

11 PTMApp Desktop Download User Guide

12 PTMApp Desktop Loads ArcGIS Toolbar Run Tools

13 PTMApp Web Coming December 2015

14 Some Example PTMApp Products Implementation Plan WQ Benefits Source Assessment Hydrology Practices BMP Suitability Source Assessment Loads, Yields, Source Identification Practices Treatment Cost Estimates

15 Native Products Created by PMTApp Desktop Stored in file Geodatabase Building blocks for the Targeted Implementation Plan Access via desktop or PTMApp Web Meets most WQ business needs / value proposition of local govt Secondary Products Derived from native products Rely on data external to PTMApp Post processed on local computer Modified using additional (external) information and tools Refinement of native products to meet specific business needs of local govt

16 Native Product Example Source Assessment Catchment Sediment Source Load Ranks

17 Secondary Products Field Yield Data PTMApp Native Products Yield Source Ranks BMP Locations BMP Benefits Practice Costs Zonation Results Priority Locations for Practice Implementation

18 Secondary Product Example Best Practice Locations

19 Session 2 Developing a Targeted Implementation Plan 1. Using PTMApp Products for Developing Targeted Implementation Plan 2. Planning for Sediment Reduction in Surface Waters 3. Planning for Nitrogen Reduction in Groundwater 4. Framework for Presenting the Targeted Implementation Plan

20 MPCA Cycle Implementation Activities Best management practices Permit program Every Ten Years Monitoring and Assessment Condition monitoring Effectiveness monitoring Done? Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy Total maximum daily load Watershed Restoration and protection strategy Implementation plans

21 The Road to Local Implementation One Watershed One Plan Local Implementation of Projects Prioritize, Target and Measure Application (PTMApp)

22 Loop Describe Your Watershed Describe Prioritize Estimate Benefits of Targeted Implementation Plan Assess Feasibility of Measurable Goals Spatial Scales Field Subwatershed Watershed Example external workflows include: Prioritize Resource Concerns Complete Source Assessment Target Measure Develop Targeted Implementation Plan 1) One Watershed One Plan; 2) Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies; 3) Grant Application Development; & 4) Watershed Plans Evaluate Practice Feasibility Target Preferred Practice Locations Estimate Individual Practice Water Quality Benefits

23 PTMApp Product Uses Data Input to Other Tools, Applications and Uses Characterize Your Watershed Identify & Prioritize Resource Concerns Workshop 1(Desktop & Web) Targeted Sources, Target BMPs, Measure Benefits, Design Implementation Workshop 2 (Desktop & Web) Targeted Sources, Target BMPs, Measure Benefits, Design Implementation Measure Effectiveness (Benefits) of Implementation Strategies Design Measurable Implementation Strategies to Protect and Restore Resources Aggregate Multiple Best Management Practices and Measure (Estimate) Combined Effectiveness Target Most Effective Best Management Practice Based on Resource Benefits Prioritize Areas for Nonpoint Source Best Management Practices Based on Pollutant Loads Target Preferred Nonpoint Source Best Management Practice Locations Based on Pollutant Removal and Relative Cost Workshop 3 (Web) Targeted Sources, Target BMPs, Measure Benefits, Design Implementation Workshop/Webinar 4 (Web) Targeted Sources, Target BMPs, Measure Benefits, Design Implementation Workshop 5 (Desktop) Design Implementation, Measure Benefits, Implement

24 Targeted Implementation Plan Decisions What spatial scale for measurable goals Qualitative benefits by hydrologic influence Complexity Subsequent uses

25 Possible Implementation Plan Approaches Best individual BMPs (% reduction; value) Overlay source magnitude? Ensure practices within multiple implementation jurisdictions Use Priority Resource of Concern boundary Hydrologic influence Considerations for high yield lands

26 Planning for Sediment Reduction in Surface Waters Purpose: Restoration Impairment: Aquatic Life Stressor: Sediment Location: South Fork Root River, SE Minnesota

27 Identify Priority Concern Black area is sediment impairment within the South Fork of the Root River.

28 Protection Heightened Impairment Risk

29 Restoration Probability of Success

30 Complete Source Assessment Sediment Delivered to South Fork Root River Tons/acre/year Lowest Low Medium High Highest

31 Evaluate Practice Feasibility Legend Storage Filtration Source Reduction

32 Estimate Individual Practice Benefits Sediment Load resource, Tons/year Lowest Low Medium High Highest

33 Target Preferred Practice Locations Identify and select potential BMP locations based on practice size and the proportion of the contributing drainage area treated. Include ALL treatment groups.

34 Develop Targeted Implementation Plan Best Individual Practice Load Reduction Potential Based on estimated sediment reduction at the most downstream end of the impaired stream reach primarily source reduction and filtration practices.

35 Source Reduction (4 practices ) and Filtration (10 practices) Priority Resource Point ID Estimate Plan Benefits Annual Average Sediment to Resource Annual Average Sediment After Treatment Annual Average Sediment Reduction Total Cost tons/year $ 13 13,569 13, $30, ,928 28,928 0 $ ,327 43, $15, ,720 37, $4, ,674 11, $3, ,973 38,973 0 $ ,602 69, $30,658 Legend

36 Assessing Measurable Surface Water Quality Goals Maximum Allowable Load - Targeted Implementation Schedule Load Reductions & Estimated Cost = Remaining Load Reduction Necessary Achieve Water Quality Goal and Estimated Cost per Unit Load Reduction to Achieve For impaired waters, maximum allowable load would equal the load allocations. For other waters, would be goal load for desired water quality.

37 Source Magnitude & Predominant Hydrologic Influence

38 BMPs and Catchment Predominant Hydrologic Influence

39 Planning for Nitrogen Reduction in Groundwater Purpose: Protection Impairment: Drinking Water Stressor: Nitrate-nitrogen Location: Drinking Water Source Management Area

40 Identify Priority Concern Drinking Water Source Management Area DWSMA Boundary

41 Complete Source Assessment Source Water Assessment Areas Total Nitrogen to Catchment Outlet Lbs/acre/year Lowest Low Medium High Highest

42 Target Preferred Practice Locations Drinking Water Supply Management Area Legend Storage Filtration Source Reduction

43 Estimate Individual Practice Benefits Total Nitrogen Load Catchment, Tons/year Lowest Low Medium High Highest

44 Estimated Plan Benefits Practice Type Count Cost TN catchment outlet, lbs/year Storage 2 $25,160,800 Filtration 2 $5,781 Source Reduction 21 $44,716 TN South Fork Root River outlet, lbs/year 25 $25,211,297 2, Can make specific to DWSMA Boundary

45 Source Magnitude & Predominant Hydrologic Influence

46 Practice Locations and Predominant Hydrologic Influence Based on estimated sediment reduction and nitrogen reductions at catchment outlets

47 Framework for Presenting the Targeted Implementation Plan Defining Measurable Goals their Practicability

48 Targeted Implementation Plan Table(s) Series of Three Interrelated Tables are Framework for TIP Table 1: Issues Impacting Priority Resources of Concern Table 2: Assigns location (HUC 10) and Measurable Goals for each Issue Table 3: Assigns Actions and Implementation Strategies to each Location (HUC 10)

49 Issues Table (Table 1) The issues impacting priority resource concerns Facilitates developing strategies by issue that affect multiple resource concerns Priority Resource Concern Issue Strategies Priority Resource Concern Priority Resource Concern Priority Concerns Table (Section 2) Strategies (Section 3) Priority Concerns Table (Section 2)

50 Issues Table (Table 1) The issues impacting priority resource concerns Strategies from Section 3 to address each issue by resource concern

51 Issues Table (Table 1) Relation to the Plan: Priority Resource Concerns Table

52 Issues Table (Table 1) Relation to the Plan: Priority Resource Concerns Table

53 Measurable Goals Table (Table 2) Assigns location (HUC 10) and Measurable Goals for each Issue Challenges: Measurable goals are location dependent Connects Issue to location and strategy Geographic area used to describe measurable goals (e.g., AUID versus 10-digit HUC) Scale for goals becomes smaller => plan complexity increases Too complex reduces likelihood of future use Issue HUC 10 Resource Category Protection/ Restoration Type Strategy Addressed Measurable Goals Priority Concerns Table (Section 2) Planning Region Priority Concerns Table Protection/ Restoration Section 3) Strategy (Section 3) Qualitative In Plan & This Table

54 Relation: Table 1 to Table 2 Priority Resource Concern Issue Strategies Priority Resource Concern Priority Resource Concern Issue HUC 10 Resource Category Protection/ Restoration Type Strategy Addressed Measurable Goals

55 Surface Water Example Table 2: Sediment Assigns location (HUC 10) and Measurable Goals for each Issue

56 Surface Water Example Table 2: Sediment Plan: Section 3 Load Allocations PTMApp or Other Data

57 Groundwater Example Table 2: Nitrogen

58 Implementation Table (Table 3) Assigns Actions and Implementation Strategies to each Location (HUC 10) Challenges: Many Actions have multiple benefits and address multiple Issues Solution: Assign actions to Location Implementation cost and responsibility varies at the Action level HUC 10 Resource Category Strategy & Action Practice Cost, Responsibility, and Timeline Planning Region Priority Concerns Table Strategy (Section 3) PTMApp Strategy (Section 3)

59 Relation: Table 2 to Table 3 Assigns Actions and Implementation Strategies to each Location (HUC 10) Issue HUC 10 Resource Category Protection/ Restoration Type Strategy Addressed Measurable Goals HUC 10 Resource Category Strategy & Action Practice Cost, Responsibility, and Timeline

60 Surface and Groundwater Table 3: Sediment and Nitrogen

61 Plan: Section 3 Table 3: Sediment and Nitrogen PTMApp Plan: Section 5 (Initiatives)

62 Implementation Summary Table (Annual Work Plan) Reorganize Table 3 by: Who (i.e. SWCD) Year start What (Strategies and Actions) Cost

63 Implementation Schedule Recommendations Use 10-digit HUCs as boundary for PTMApp results Boundary is generally consistent with PCA WRAPs (when done) Data generated for any green point (e.g., impaired water; resource to protect) Use best BMP approach best defined as greatest load reduction benefit by BMP (mass reduced, cost per unit mass reduced, total cost) Can combine WQ benefit data with other information (e.g., productivity index - CPI) Can be used to assess progress towards measurable goal (at resource) (e.g., load allocation; existing load) Same approach can apply to non-surface water (e.g., DWSMA)

64 Session 3 Ground Water or Surface Water 1. A Proposed Method for Categorizing Water Quality Benefits by Predominant Hydrologic Influence When Using PTMApp Products Practical measurable goals

65 Secondary Product Uses Landowner screening BMP screening Input to HSPF / SWAT Hydrologic influence

66 Technical Challenge Develop an approach which qualitatively describes the resource receiving source loads and the where probable benefits will be accrued from practice implementation.

67 Methods for Addressing Challenge During the Hydro-Conditioning Process dye trace lines could have been burned into the digital elevation model (not unlike has been done for subsurface tile and storm sewers) Hydrologic influence use other external data to attribute each catchment according to its predominate hydrologic influence

68 Hydrologic Influence in the Root River Metrics for separating surface vs. groundwater influence Step 1 Excess Depth / initial abstraction ratio (2yr event) Step 2 Presence of Karst Sinkholes Step 3 Presence of springshed Step 4 Depth to bedrock (50 foot rule)

69 Excess Depth / Initial Abstraction (2 year event) Hydrologic Influence in the Root River Step 1 Step 2 Intersect Karst Sink Step 3 Intersect Surface Type Springshed Step 4 If < 50 feet to bedrock < 1 Std. Dev. = Groundwater Groundwater Groundwater Groundwater ± 1 Std. Dev. = Groundwater and Surface Water Groundwater and Surface Water Groundwater and Surface Water Groundwater and Surface Water > 1 Std. Dev. = Surface Water Surface Water Surface Water Surface Water Transition if Karst Sink Intersect Transition if Intersect Surface Springshed Transition if < 50 feet to bedrock

70 Step 1 Excess Depth / Initial Abstraction

71 Step 2 Presence of Karst Sinkholes

72 Step 3 Presence of Surface Springshed

73 Step 4 Depth to Bedrock

74 Draft Hydrologic Influence

75 How it s used source loading

76 How it s used potential BMPs

77 Session 4 How to build PTMApp Desktop Products 1. Accessing and Extracting PTMApp Desktop Data For Daily Use

78 Our 1W1P Experience Improving decisions as we go!

79 Business Workflow Practical Uses Watershed characterization Priority concerns analysis Load and runoff source identification Landscape scale Best Management Practice and Conservation Practice feasibility analysis Field scale BMP and CP feasibility analysis Field scale BMP and CP location analysis and functional assessment Local and downstream BMP and CP load reduction effectiveness Local and downstream load reduction treatment cost Water quality goal progress evaluation Load reduction strategy feasibility analysis Informing HSPF, SWAT modeling analysis

80 Location of Data Base.gdb - Statewide public data Assessed Streams and Lakes Impaired Streams and Lakes HUCs, geopolitical boundaries Rainfall, government lands Planning.gdb User Inputs Area Boundary Priority Resource Points Scale data All other User planning inputs Processing.gdb All data used for processing or developed as outputs Elevation data RUSLE Inputs Catchments Source Assessment BMP Suitability Load Reductions Practice Costs

81 Watershed Characterization and Priority Concerns Analysis Impaired Reaches, Trout Stream & Biodiversity Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make

82 Complete Source Assessment Product: Plan Region Sediment Source Rank Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make Join table & layer

83 Evaluate Practice Feasibility Product: Catchment Practice Potential Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make Filtration Join table & layer

84 Estimate Individual Practice Water Quality Benefits Product: Catchment Filtration Load Reduction Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make Join table & layer

85 Target Preferred Practice Locations Local decision making process that can be informed by PTMApp Products Example- Product: Catchment Filtration Treatment Cost Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make Join table & layer

86 Develop Targeted Implementation Plan Local decision making process that can be informed by PTMApp Products (Treatment Trains) Some thoughts: Select BMPs based upon individual Load Reductions Screen based upon local priority watersheds/regions where you want to work Restrict based upon total cost threshold Restrict based upon minimum BMP efficiency or load reduction for priority issues

87 Develop Targeted Implementation Plan Local decision making process that can be informed by PTMApp Products Example- BMP Effectiveness: Load Reduction Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make Join table & layer

88 Estimate Benefits of Targeted Implementation Plan Treatment Trains Product: ****NEW**** Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Product you can make

89 Assess Feasibility of Measurable Goals Treatment Trains Product: ****NEW**** Where the data is generated Where it gets stored Add Local Goals

90 WRAP UP

91 Some of PTMApp Known Limitations Source load estimates need statewide validation Substance speciation Only sinks, not sources (e.g., stream channel) Challenges in complex landscapes (like any tool) BMP suitability (lots of areas) Outcome of use informed decisions about the estimated (measurable) water quality benefits of BMPs placed on the landscape at the resource you are managing and preferred implementation approach

92 Future Technical Work

93 Questions/Discussions Next Steps Try out PTMApp Desktop, Watch for PTMApp Webg

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95 Targeted Data Input to Other Tools, Applications and Uses Characterize Your Watershed Identify & Prioritize Resource Concerns Prioritize Implementation Plans Target Sources (HSPF HUC-12, PTMApp Field Scale) Measure Effectiveness (Benefits) of Implementation Strategies Design Measurable Implementation Strategies to Protect and Restore Resources Aggregate Multiple Best Management Practices and Measure (Estimate) Combined Effectiveness Target Most Effective Best Management Practice Based on Resource Benefits Prioritize Areas for Nonpoint Source Best Management Practices Based on Pollutant Loads Target Preferred Nonpoint Source Best Management Practice Locations Based on Pollutant Removal and Relative Cost Target Measure Other Implement Target Cost-Effective BMP Opportunities Measure Benefits Design Implementation Strategy (Local Knowledge informed by PTMApp)

96 Target Sources Implement Target Sources (HSPF HUC-12, PTMApp Field Scale) Target Cost-Effective BMP Opportunities Measure Benefits Design Implementation (Local Knowledge informed by PTMApp) Sediment to Flowline, tons/acre Low Medium High

97 Target BMPs Implement Target Sources (HSPF HUC-12, PTMApp Field Scale) Target Cost-Effective BMP Opportunities Measure Benefits Design Implementation (Local Knowledge informed by PTMApp) Potential Storage Tons of Sediment / $ Low Medium High Limited Potential

98 Current stage We need your input!!! Implement Target Sources (HSPF HUC-12, PTMApp Field Scale) Target Cost-Effective BMP Opportunities Design Implementation Strategy Locals select BMPs based upon: Efficiency and cost-effectiveness Benefits to resources Measure Benefits Design Implementation (Local Knowledge informed by PTMApp) Feasibility and practicality of successful implementation Others?

99 Measure Benefits Target Sources (HSPF HUC-12, PTMApp Field Scale) Implement Target Cost-Effective BMP Opportunities Measure Benefits Design Implementation (Local Knowledge informed by PTMApp) Use local implementation strategy to measure resource benefits Sediment Reduction to Sauk River Tons / year Limited Reduction Low High

100 Target Sources (HSPF HUC-12, PTMApp Field Scale) Implement Implement Target Cost-Effective BMP Opportunities Measure Benefits Design Implementation (Local Knowledge informed by PTMApp)