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North Fork Watershed Education and Information Awareness Project
The Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission (CCWWC) is a wholesale supplier of potable water to 16 rural water districts and communities in northeast Missouri. The North Fork Salt River of the Mark Twain Lake is the source of supply for this water purveyor. Mark Twain Lake is on the 303(d) list for Missouri due to atrazine levels found in the reservoir.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project will work with community leaders to develop tools and resources for watershed management issues. The effort will focus on awareness of the water quality issues in the water shed and developing a model for these communities to use in developing their own management plan for the watershed. The target audience will be the community leaders in the North Fork Salt River watershed of the Mark Twain Lake and the CCWWC membership communities and counties. Funding for the project will come from 319 funds and local match funds provided by CCWWC and various project partners.
OBJECTIVES
1. Provide local community leadership with information about water quality issues and how their community affects the watershed.
2. Provide resources and training to local community leadership to address water quality issues and requirements such as TMDL's, source water assessment requirements under the 1996 SDWA amendments, compliance assurance implementation plan for CAFO's from EPA, etc., that will result in a community based effort to plan and manage water quality issues in the watershed.
3. Promote the building of relationships between local leaders, agricultural producers and local land owners and others so that networks can be developed that will aid in the development of local watershed management programs beyond the life of this project.
PRODUCTS
A quarterly newsletter will be published that will be aimed at the target audience and participating sponsors. A watershed management conference is planned as well as specific workshops on topics of interest throughout the project period.
PROJECT SPONSOR
Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission
COOPERATING AGENCIES
Mark Twain Regional Planning Commission, Missouri Department of Health, NRCS, Mark Twain Water Quality Initiative, Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Corn Growers, University of Missouri Outreach and Extension Service, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, local county commissions, local communities.
CONTACT
Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission
34146 Route U
Stoutsville, Mo 65283
Liz Grove, General Manager 573-672-3221
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