The goal of the Clean Water Act (cwa) is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters
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RecommendationsImplement recommendations in the DMF shellfish management plan for Area MB5.2. Develop a monitoring plan and conduct bacteria sampling to evaluate effectiveness of point (Phase II stormwater permits) and non-point source pollution control activities and other actions and to assess the status of the Primary and Secondary Contact Recreational uses. Support DMF efforts to improve availability/access (electronic or web site) to water quality and biological monitoring data collected from DMF shellfish sampling stations to assess the status of the Primary and Secondary Contact Recreational uses. Support the following actions identified by DMF to study/protect/remediate smelt spawning habitat (Chase in preparation). Evaluate options (e.g., dam removal, fishway, grooming cobble/boulder substrates in braided section into a more clearly defined channel) over Second Herring Brook Pond (Gordon Pond) dam to improve smelt spawning habitat and allow fish (river herring) passage. There is a triple pipe culvert under a private bridge that should be replaced with a properly designed box culvert to eliminate low flow passage constraints, better distribute egg deposition and create new spawning substrate inside the culvert. First Herring Brook (Segment MA94-25) L 
ocation: From the headwaters in South Swamp, Norwell, (through Tack Factory Pond) to the inlet of Old Oaken Bucket Pond, Scituate. Size: 3.9 miles Classification: Class A, Outstanding Resource Water
Forest 55% Residential 32% Open Land 6% First Herring Brook was not evaluated as a segment in MassDEP’s 2002 Integrated List of Waters. The Town of Scituate was required by an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to meet several conditions centered on improving water quality in the North River and estuary (CEI 1998). One of the areas included in the plan was First Herring Brook, since the DMF Sanitary Survey concluded that stormwater adversely impacted water quality in the North River near the Herring River. The plan recommended developing and implementing best management practices (BMPs) to control stormwater runoff in the Herring River subwatershed (CEI 1998). A project to control non-point source pollution in First Herring Brook was funded and implemented between 1998 and 2001 (Appendix F, Project 98-08/319 and CPR Grant Projects in Scituate). Infiltration best management practices (BMPs) were installed to remediate the direct discharge of stormwater into the brook (Scituate DPW and CEI undated). Pre- and post-construction sampling was required for this project, but these data have not yet been reported to MassDEP. Additional BMPs will also be implemented (Appendix F, Project 2005-09/319). “The First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative (FHBWI) is a Scituate-based citizen group affiliated with the nonprofit North and South Rivers Watershed Association and Maxwell Conservation Trust (FHBWI 2004). FHBWI has recently worked with Comprehensive Environmental Incorporated to create a First Herring Brook Watershed Report and members participated in the creation of the 2004 Water Study Committee Report for the Town of Scituate. Additionally, members of FHBWI performed stream surveys using the Adopt-A-Stream Shoreline Survey assessment tool developed by the Riverways Program (Appendix F, Project 00-07/SWT and FHBWI undated). A Surface Water Supply Protection Plan has also recently been developed for Old Oaken Bucket Pond, The Reservoir and Tack Factory Pond (CEI 2003 and Appendix G, Project 00-14/SWT). An additional project to encourage low impact development BMPs on residential properties is currently ongoing (Appendix F, Project 00-17/319). Directory: eea -> docs -> dep -> water -> resources -> 71wqar09 dep -> Charles D. Baker Governor dep -> Charles D. Baker Governor dep -> Charles D. Baker Governor dep -> Index of Photographs dep -> Department of environmental protection one winter street, boston, ma 02108 617-292-5500 water -> Water Resource Management Planning 71wqar09 -> 2004 water quality assessment report Download 3.32 Mb. Share with your friends:
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