Nonpoint Source Management Program
Annual Report 2008
Related pages: 2004 Report; 2005 Report; 2006 Report; 2007 report
Contact: Norm Marcotte, 207-287-7727
April 2009 ; Document #DEPLW-0973
DEP delivers services to control nonpoint source water pollution to help protect or improve our lakes, streams, rivers and coastal waters. This report summarizes accomplishments of Nonpoint Source Program activities in 2008 funded, in part, under the Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 program in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Highlights
- Outcome Summaries (2p) of 24 NPS projects completed in 2008.
- The restoration of Madawaska Lake, a 1,600-acre lake in Aroostook County valued for boating, fishing and swimming, was highlighted on the EPA’s “Nonpoint Source Program Success Stories” website.
- Pollutant reductions estimated at 763 pounds of phosphorus and 1,249 tons of sediment per year as a result of NPS project in 2008. This is roughly equivalent to 107 (8 yard) dump truck loads of sediment kept out of Maine’s waters.
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Contents
A. Nonpoint Source Management Program Summary
B. 2008 Highlights – Maine DEPNPS Program
C. Nonpoint Source Management Program
D. DEP NPS Program & Project Activities
E. NPS Grants Program
F. Summaries of NPS Projects Completed in 2008
