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- Set Overall Goals and Management Objectives
- Develop Indicators/Targets
- Determine Load Reductions Needed
- Identify Critical Areas
- Develop Management Practices to Achieve Goals
- Results and Next Steps
Set Goals and Identify Solutions
Design an Implementation Program
Develop Watershed Plan Outline
Measure Progress and Make Adjustments
Now that you have characterized and quantified the pollutants in the watershed, you are ready to refine the preliminary goals and develop more detailed objectives, measurable targets, and indicators. You will also select management strategies that when implemented, will help to achieve your goals.
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USEPA Water Quality Trading Toolkit for Permit Writers - The Water Quality Trading Toolkit for Permit Writers is EPA's first "how-to" manual on designing and implementing water quality trading programs. The Toolkit helps National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting authorities incorporate trading provisions into permits. It will help improve the quality and consistency of all trading programs across the nation.
Abstract for TMDL Model Evaluation and Research Needs - The full document is linked to the abstract page.