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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 2

BOARD STRUCTURE OF THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE, PEA, AND YELLOW RIVERS WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 3

WATERSHED ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3

DESCRIPTION OF WATERSHEDS 4

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING 5

PHYSIOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY 5

LAND USE 7

GEOLOGY 8

CRETACEOUS SYSTEM 9

UPPER CRETACEOUS SERIES 9

TUSCALOOSA GROUP 9

COKER FORMATION 9

MIDDLE MARINE SHALE 10

GORDO FORMATION 10

EUTAW FORMATION 10

BLUFFTOWN FORMATION 11

CUSSETA SAND MEMBER OF THE RIPLEY FORMATION 11

RIPLEY FORMATION 11

PROVIDENCE SAND 12

TERTIARY SYSTEM 12

PALEOCENE SERIES 12

CLAYTON FORMATION 12

PORTERS CREEK FORMATION 12

SALT MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE 13

NANAFALIA FORMATION 13

TUSCAHOMA SAND 14

EOCENE SERIES 14

HATCHETIGBEE FORMATION 14

TALLAHATTA FORMATION 14

LISBON FORMATION 15

JACKSON GROUP UNDIFFERENTIATED 15

EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE SERIES 16

RESIDUUM AND CRYSTAL RIVER FORMATION 16

OLIGOCENE SERIES 16

CHICKASAWHAY LIMESTONE 16

MIOCENE SERIES 16

MIOCENE SERIES UNDIFFERENTIATED 16

QUARTERNARY SYSTEM 17

PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE SERIES 17

TERRACE AND ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS 17

BIOLOGY 17

SOILS 18


CLIMATE 19

PREDICTIONS 21

POTENTIAL IMPACTS 23

RECOMMENDATIONS 25

POLICY OPTIONS 25

DROUGHT 25

POPULATION TRENDS 29

ECONOMIC IMPACTS 29

RECOMMENDATIONS 31

POLICY OPTIONS 31

WATERSHED TRENDS 31

LAND USE 31

RECOMMENDATIONS 32

POLICY OPTIONS 32

WATER USE 32

RECOMMENDATIONS 37

POLICY OPTION 37

INTERSTATE ISSUES 37

TRI-STATE WATER WARS 37

FLORIDAN AQUIFER 38

RECOMMENDATIONS 39

POLICY OPTIONS 40

DOWNSTREAM WATER QUALITY 40

RECOMMENDATIONS 41

FLORIDA COASTAL ZONE IMPACTS 41

RECOMMENDATION 42

FLORIDA NUTRIENT CRITERIA 42

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ISSUES 42

WATER/ENERGY NEXUS 43

RECOMMENDATION 43

POLICY OPTIONS 43

WATER USE REPORTING PROGRAM 44

WATER RESOURCES 45

SURFACE WATER 45

MAIN STEMS AND TRIBUTARIES 45

UPPER CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER (03140201) 45

LOWER CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER (03140203) 48

PEA RIVER (03140202) 49

YELLOW RIVER (03140103) 51

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 52

TUSCALOOSA GROUP AQUIFER 53

COKER AQUIFER 53

GORDO AQUIFER 53

EUTAW AQUIFER 54

RIPLEY AQUIFER 54

CUSETTA SAND MEMBER 54

PROVIDENCE SAND AQUIFER 54

CLAYTON AQUIFER 55

SALT MOUNTAIN AQUIFER 55

NANAFALIA AQUIFER 55

LISBON AQUIFER 56

CRYSTAL RIVER AQUIFER 56

WATER QUANTITY 56

GROUNDWATER OCCURRENCE 56

GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY 60

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE 60

UNCONFINED OR PARTIALLY CONFINED AQUIFER RECHARGE 62

CONFINED AQUIFER RECHARGE 65

SUBSURFACE GROUNDWATER STORAGE 66

RECOMMENDATION 68

POLICY OPTIONS 68

SURFACE-WATER AVAILABILITY 68

RECOMMENDATION 69

POLICY OPTIONS 69

INSTREAM FLOW 69

RECOMMENDATION 72

POLICY OPTIONS 72

SUSTAINABLE YIELD 73

DROUGHT IMPACTS 74

RECOMMENDATION 77

POLICY OPTIONS 77

ESTIMATION OF WATER USE AND DEMAND 77

SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER INTERACTION 77

RECOMMENDATION 78

POLICY OPTIONS 79

WATER MONITORING 79

STREAM DISCHARGE GAUGES 79

RECOMMENDATIONS 79

REAL-TIME GROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM 80

RECOMMENDATION 81

POLICY OPTION 81

PRECIPITATION MONITORING 81

RECOMMENDATION 82

POLICY OPTION 82

NATIONAL SOIL MOISTURE DATA 82

RECOMMENDATION 82

INTERSTATE SURFACE WATER AND CONTAMINATION TRANSPORT 82

RECOMMENDATION 84

MONITOR QUALITY AND FLOW ENTERING AND LEAVING STATE 84

IDENTIFICATION OF FUTURE WATER SOURCES 84

SURFACE WATER 84

RECOMMENDATION 85

WATER POLICY OPTION 85

GROUNDWATER 85

RECOMMENDATION 86

WATER POLICY OPTIONS 86

HYBRID WATER SOURCES 86

RECOMMENDATION 86

WATER POLICY IMPLICATIONS 87

WATER SOURCE SUSTAINABILITY 87

HOLISTIC WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 89

WATER CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY 95

RECOMMENDATION 98

POLICY OPTION 98

WATER REUSE 98

WASTEWATER RETURN DISCHARGE 98

WATER REUSE OPTIONS 99

RECOMMENDATION 99

POLICY OPTION 99

WATER QUALITY 100

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY ISSUES 100

CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERFUND SITES 100

CHARACTERIZATION OF KEY NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS AND SOURCES OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION 101

SURFACE-WATER CLASSIFICATIONS 101

WATER USE CLASSIFICATIONS 101

STRATEGIC HABITAT UNITS 102

ECOREGIONS 103

303(d) LIST OF IMPAIRED WATERS 104

RECOMMENDATION 104

STORMWATER RUNOFF ISSUES 104

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES 105

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES 105

MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS ACTIVITIES 106

NPDES PERMITS 106

RECOMMENDATION 106

GROUNDWATER QUALITY 107

METALS IN GROUNDWATER 107

RADIONUCLIDES IN GROUNDWATER 109

MAJOR GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS BY COUNTY 110

BARBOUR COUNTY 111

BULLOCK COUNTY 111

COFFEE COUNTY 112

COVINGTON COUNTY 113

CRENSHAW COUNTY 113

DALE COUNTY 114

GENEVA COUNTY 114

HENRY COUNTY 115

HOUSTON COUNTY 115

PIKE COUNTY 115

DOWNGRADIENT LIMITS OF FRESHWATER 116

POTENTIAL SOURCES OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION 117

UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL WELLS 117

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS 118

IMPACTS OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS ON SHALLOW WELLS 119

ECOSYSTEM RESOURCES 120

CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPERILED SPECIES 120

FRESHWATER MUSSELS 121

CRAYFISH 125

FISH 126

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 128

BIRDS 130

MAMMALS 134

PLANTS 137

GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, HABITAT CONDITIONS, AND FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES 138

BIOLOGICAL CONDITION 138

AQUATIC HABITAT ASSESSMENT 139

HABITAT 141

AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY 141

FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES 141

GENERAL ECOSYSTEM CONDITIONS (DCNR STRATEGIC HABITAT PLAN) 142

RECOMMENDATION 143

AGRICULTURAL ISSUES 143

IRRIGATION 144

SURFACE WATER IRRIGATION 146

GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION 146

WATER HARVESTING 147

RECOMMENDATION 148

POLICY OPTION 148

IRRIGATION TAX CREDITS 148

RECOMMENDATION 149

ANIMAL FEEDING OPRERATIONS 150

NUTRIENTS 151

EUTROPHICATION 152

SEDIMENTATION 154

RECOMMENDATION 156

POLICY OPTIONS 156

RECREATIONAL ISSUES 156

ALABAMA SCENIC RIVER TRAIL 158

WATER ACCESS ISSUES 159

RECOMMENDATION 161

FORESTRY ISSUES 161

RECOMMENDATION 161

POLICY OPTIONS 161

TIMBERLAND PROTECTION 161

INCENTIVE PROGRAMS 161

COST SHARE PROGRAMS 162

REPLANTING 165

HARVESTING BMPS 165

FIRE CONTROL 166

INVASIVE SPECIES 167

BUFFERS 168

FLOOD CONTROL 168

IDENTIFICATION OF FLOOD-PRONE AREAS 170

HISTORICAL FLOOD EVENTS 173

FEDERAL AND STATE FLOOD MAPPING 174

ORDINANCES FOR FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT 176

FLOOD MITIGATION 178

FLOOD WARNING PREPAREDNESS PLAN 181

RECOMMENDATION 184

EDUCATION 184

DEVELOP “RECOMMENDED WATER CONSERVATION GUIDE” 184

DEVELOP PLANS FOR WATERSHED EDUCATION 185

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT 185

LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION BRIEFING 185

SCHOOL WATERSHED EDUCATION INITIATIVES 185

CPYRWMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS WORKSHOP 186

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA 186

GOALS 186

TARGET AUDIENCE 186

INTERAGENCY EFFORTS 186

INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PLAN 187

ARTIFACT HUNTING 187

RECOMMENDATION 187

POLICY OPTIONS 188

EMERGING ISSUES 188

Executive Summary




CHOCTAWHATCHEE, PEA AND YELLOW RIVERS COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN

By

Amye S. Hinson, Alana L. Rogers, and Marlon R. Cook



with significant contributions from

Barbara Gibson

Executive Director,

Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority






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