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Purpose
Salt Lake County is currently developing the Salt Lake Countywide Watershed; Water Quality Stewardship Plan (WaQSP). The purpose of the WaQSP is to provide an overall plan for Salt Lake County that:
- Supports and enhances watershed functions (i.e. water quality,
habitat, conveyance, and social, recreation & aesthetic values)
- Establishes an adaptive management system
- Integrates existing planning efforts
- Identifies opportunities for collaboration, restoration, and improvement
- Assists witht he procurement of funding
- Enhances the quality of life for Salt Lake County residents
Watershed Planning Elements
The Water Quality Stewardship Plan contains planning elements intended to address water quality in Salt Lake County. Each planning element includes a characterization of current conditions, a description of future needs, an evaluation of management options, and recommendations for implementation of projects. Following are the nine planning elements:
1. Economics
2. Wastewater
3. Water Supply
4. Stormwater
5. Non-Point Sources
6. Instream Flows
7. Utah Lake
8. Habitat
9. Headwaters
Targets
Salt Lake County, with input from the Jordan River Watershed Council, has identified seven (7) targets to be addressed in the Water Quality Stewardship Plan (WaQSP).
Timeline
The WaQSP plan will be developed in three (3) phases. The first phase was initiated in 2006 and focused on data compilation/development of the plan framework. The second phase will focus on plan development and will be complete by the end of 2007. Although stakeholder involvement is critical throughout the WaQSP development, the final phase will assure that all stakeholders and interested public have the opportunity to comment on and give input to the final WaQSP document.
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