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Institute of Water Research, Michigan State University

Great Lakes Protection Fund Project

Restoring Great Lakes Basin Waters Through the Use of Conservation

Credits and an Integrated Water Balance Analysis System

3rd ADVISORY TEAM MEETING

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 (9:30 – 3:30)

(Corniche Room, Kellogg Center, MSU)


Restoring Great Lakes Basin Water Through the Use of Conservation Credits and an Integrated Water Balance

Analysis System

Principal Investigators Dr. Jon F. Bartholic

The Institute of Water Research &

Dr. Sandra S. BatieDept. of Agricultural EconomicsMichigan State University

Funding Source: The Great Lakes Protection FundProject Duration: 24 monthsStarting Date: January 2005


Project goal

• Overall project goal is to explore the necessary conditions for a science-based decision support system that will assist policy decision makers involved with ground water management in Great Lakes Basin restoration.

• Case Study approach


Spatial Limitation and Assumptions

• With the spatial limitation on state-wide modeling, we are interested in protecting critical fish habitat from groundwater withdrawals. The Augusta Creek Watershed is selected as a case study. Brook trout is the key species to protect. We look at the impact of water withdrawals on groundwater discharge (water quantity) and its affect on trout and their habitats.


Specific Objective

• Our specific objective is to provide science-based information to assist in making better decisions with respect to ground water withdrawal management in critical watersheds of Michigan to protect trout habitats.


Gathering Inputs for Development & Improvement

Identifying Market based Alternatives

Developing a Decision Support System “Water Balance Analysis System”

Surface Hydrology

Model

Aquifer Model

Aquatic Ecosystem Model

Environmental/Conservation Organization Business/Industry/Utilities Agriculture State Planners State governmentCitizens

Inputs from Advisory TeamComprised of Reps. From: Law, regulations, and

institutions Identification of Alternatives Impact of Alternatives on

Trout SurvivalIdentification of Offsets and Mitigation and Impacts Monitoring • Dispute Resolution

Implementing a Market Based Alternatives System

Site Selection

Developing a Web Site for Transactions

Web-Site for Transactions

User Assistance Interface

Market-based Alternatives(A Hypothetical Demonstration

Project)

Market-based Alternatives(A Hypothetical Demonstration

Project)

User Assistance Interface

Vulnerability Mapping

Developing a User Assistance Interface

Database Integration

Central Tracking Database

The Project


Current Advisory Team Members Representatives from:

Consumers Energy Great Lakes National Resource Center, National Wildlife Federation

Michigan Turf Grass Foundation National Association of Conservation Districts

Ice Mountain Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Trout Unlimited Michigan Department of Agriculture

Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Michigan Farm Bureau Office of the Great Lakes, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Public Sector Consultants Inc. Michigan Municipal League

Michigan United Conservation Clubs Michigan Manufacturers Association


Three major project components

• Water Balance Analysis System

• Market-Based Alternatives

• User Assistance Interface


What are we doing and where are we?


First project component “Water Balance Analysis System”

• Identify critical watershed• Integrated assessments • Dynamic with trade-offs• Impacts of land-use changes on water

surface/ground water and groundwater withdraws on base flow and trout habitat


Second project component “Market-based Alternatives”

• Identify the necessary market conditions and legal framework necessary for a market based alternatives

• With a hypothetical case embedded with real data from Augusta Creek watershed, examine alternative market based mechanisms for maintaining a safe minimum standard of water temperature for brook trout.

• Examine mitigation and offset alternatives and their impacts on water temperature and trout survival


Third project component“User Assistant Interface”

• Develop a User Assistance Interface which identifies critical habitat by clear watershed boundaries

• Provide information on impact on cost of mitigation and offsets


For more information about the project..

Visit our web-site at…

http://www.iwr.msu.edu/research/projects.html


Meeting Goals

• Update on project progress and expected outcomes of the fist project component, “Water Balance Analysis System”.

• Discuss a case study in the selected watershed of the second project component, “Market-based Alternatives”.

• Suggestions for future development of the third project component, “User Assistance Interface”.


Today’s Agenda


9:30 Welcome, updates, agenda …The Context and Components of the Project.

Jon Bartholic

10:00 Updates on the Water Balance Analysis System progress and expected outcomes

Surface Modeling (20mins)Ground Water Modeling (20 mins)Aquatic ecosystem Modeling (20 mins)

William Northcott Shu-Guang LiLizhu Wang

11:00 Break

11:10 Integrating results-application to other areas Steve Miller

11:40 Discussion Jon Bartholic

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Case study and Discussion Sandra Batie/Mike Kaplowitz/Steve Miller

1:45 User Assistance Interface Jon Bartholic

2:30 Next step and possible future development of the User Assistance Interface

Jon/Colleen Cooper

3:00 Next Advisory Team meeting (Time and Topics) Jon Bartholic

3:30 Adjourn


Class I, Stream Watershed


Kalamazoo County


Augusta Creek, Darcy’s Groundwater Map


Augusta Creek, NWI


Augusta Creek, Arial Photo

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Documents

project slide

rights reserved slide

ground water management

impact of water withdrawals

msu slide

great lakes basin waters

great lakes basin restoration

case study approach