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 plans for Area CCB44.0. Develop a monitoring plan and conduct bacteria sampling to evaluate effectiveness of point (Phase II stormwater permits, sewering) 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). - Local authorities should develop a management plan for addressing sediment containment along roadways adjacent to the Jones River. This management plan can set priorities for seeking funding to correct stormwater conduits to the river with poor sediment containment/removal. The plan can also discuss advanced strategies for sediment removal such as installation of an in-river sump to collect sediments near the spawning habitat. - Additional water quality sampling that includes pH and nutrient sampling should be conducted. - Additional information is needed to evaluate streamflow conditions in the Jones River as they relate to municipal water withdrawals, climate and the discharge requirements of anadromous fish in the Jones River (i.e., depths in riffles, egg crowding at low discharge which can result in high egg mortality). - A smelt population investigation similar to that conducted between 1979 and 1981 (including key population variables such as sex, size, age structure and spawning run estimates) should be conducted to better evaluate the status of the smelt population in the Jones River. - Stabilization/shading adjacent to smelt spawning habitat in the Halls Brook tributary to the Jones River. Support passage of the federally approved boat sewage No Discharge Area (NDA) for the entire Plymouth/Kingston/Duxbury Bay so the Bay is designated as an NDA by the 2006 boating season. Duxbury Bay (Segment MA94-15) L 
ocation: The waters north and west of a line from Saquish Head to the tip of Plymouth Beach and from there to High Cliff, Plymouth excluding Back River and Bluefish River, Duxbury and Jones River, Kingston. Size: 12.7 square miles Classification: Class SA
Forest 40% Residential 30% Open Land 10% Duxbury Bay 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). Duxbury Bay is separated from Cape Cod Bay on the east by one of the longest barrier beaches in Massachusetts. Known as Duxbury Beach, it is a local and regional attraction having a 1400 car parking lot, bathhouse and other public beach facilities. The only houses on Duxbury Beach are located at the southernmost tip facing Plymouth Harbor. Clarks Island is located within the southern section of the bay and includes about a dozen residences on large lots (Churchill 2003d). The primary residential areas are located along the northern and western shores in Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth. The focus of Duxbury's village and boating activity is Snug Harbor, located in the northern portion of the bay (Churchill 2003d). There is a shared community septic system that was built to service the Snug Harbor Business District that is owned and operated by the Town of Duxbury (Duxbury 1996). There is a pump-out boat and a shore-side facility at Duxbury Town Pier. The pump-out facilities were funded by the Clean Vessel Act to provide free pump-outs (MA DMF 2003). Adjacent to Duxbury Town Pier is the town boat ramp, Duxbury Yacht Club and the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, the latter offering sailing, boat building and ecology classes to the public (Churchill 2003d). The Kingston town boat ramp and Harbormaster Office are located in Kingston Bay at the mouth of the Jones River (Germano 2002). 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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