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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RecommendationsTo meet the more stringent shellfish harvesting water quality standards, the Town of Cohasset should complete the Wastewater Facilities Plan Supplement and implement its recommendations for community sewage treatment in the Little Harbor and Atlantic Avenue area as required in the MassDEP Amended Final Judgment. Design and implement a bacteria monitoring program to document effectiveness of bacteria source reduction activities associated with the Phase II community stormwater management program and to assess the status of the Primary and Secondary Contact Recreational uses. Implement Little Harbor TMDL recommendations (see http://www.mass.gov/dep/brp/wm/files/litlharb.doc). 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. Scituate Harbor (Segment MA94-02) Location: The waters west of a line across the mouth of Scituate Harbor, from the elbow of the jetty southeast off Lighthouse Point, to the jetty northeast of the U.S. Coast Guard station, Scituate. S 
egment Length: 0.32 square miles Classification: Class SA Land-use estimates (top 3, excluding water) for the 3.5 mi2 subwatershed (map inset, gray shaded area): Residential 60% Forest 24% Open Land 7% Scituate Harbor is listed on the 2002 Integrated List of Waters in Category 5. This segment is impaired due to pathogens and a TMDL is required (MassDEP 2003a). There are two locations for general boat access on Scituate Harbor, at a boat ramp on Jericho Road and at Town Pier on Cole Parkway. The Town of Scituate manages a concrete boat ramp with 2 launching lanes at Jericho Road for general access that has parking for 43 trailers and 12 vehicles (MA DFG 2003). The Town also operates a boat pump-out facility located at the Town Pier on Cole Parkway that includes a shore-side facility and a pump-out boat. Both were funded by the Clean Vessel Act to provide free pump-outs. Waterline Mooring has a second pump-out boat that was funded by the Clean Vessel Act to provide free pump-outs (MA DMF 2003, Burtner 2003, Scituate Harbormaster Office 2003). This harbor also supports a commercial fishing fleet. The ACOE performed maintenance dredging of the Scituate Harbor federal channel and anchorage area from September 2002 through February 2003. Approximately 235,000 cubic yards of silt and clay were disposed at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Area. Maintenance repairs were also performed on the two breakwaters. The work at South Breakwater off First Cliff was completed in June 2003 while work at the North Breakwater off Cedar Point was completed in September 2003 (ACOE 2003). 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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