Involve potential participants and the community early in project planning.
Obtain Funding
Obtain funding for all project aspects.
Clarify Roles and Administer Effectively
Clarify agency roles.
Designate a project manager.
Form a local coordinating committee.
Define the Critical Area
Define the critical area where treatment will have the most impact.
Choose a Land Treatment Approach
Apply BMPs that will address the water quality problem.
Encourage participants to implement systems of BMPs.
Monitor and Evaluate
Design a water quality and landtreatment monitoring and evaluation program, when possible,
to document the effects of BMPs installed.
References
EPA. 1993. Watershed Protection: Catalog of Federal Programs. Assessment and Watershed
Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, DC. EPA-841-B-93-002.
EPA. 1992. State and Local Funding of Nonpoint Source Control Programs. Nonpoint Source
Control Branch, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. EPA
841-R-92-003.
Gale, J.A., D.E. Line, D.L. Osmond, S.W. Coffey, J. Spooner, J.A. Arnold, T.J. Hoban, and R.C.
Wimberley. 1993. Evaluation of the Experimental Rural Clean Water Program. NCSU Water
Quality Group, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC, EPA-841-R-93-005, 559p.
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