If you are interested in participating in the CAWS Chlorides Initiative, or would like to join one of the workgroups described below, please contact
Stephanie Jones
Legal
- Determine Variance Conditions
- Prepare and File Petition
- Prepare and submit annual report to IPCB
- Contact
Margaret Conway
Data acquisition
- Coordinates data acquisition
- Acquires winter water quality data
- MWRD, IEPA, USGS, discharger data
- Each entity must ensure they have sufficient data
- Coordinates description of facility operations for each entity seeking a variance
- Description of nature and amount of chlorides used
- Description of chloride controls and BMPs in use (survey)
- Contact Ann Ko
Best Management Practices
- Discussion of alternatives and BMPs based on a literature search
- Discussion of alternatives and BMPs necessary to achieve compliance with the water quality standard
- Discussion of availability and selection of BMPs
- Discussion of explaining why immediate compliance would cause an unreasonable hardship
- Documentation must be provided to the IPCB
- Annual report on implementation of cost-effective and reasonable BMPs must be provided to the IPCB
- Implement BMP Training Workshops
- Contact chlorides@mwrd.org
Water Quality
- Analysis of water quality data
- Demonstrate that compliance cannot be immediately reached in the receiving stream and discharges
- Discussion of the compliance plan: BMPs to be undertaken; a schedule; and estimated costs
- Discussion of the environmental impact of the compliance plan, and measures to minimize the impact
- Discussion of interim numerical discharge limitations
- Develop a monitoring plan for each watershed
- Annual report documenting progress in each watershed
- Contact Jennifer Wasik
Social and Economic Impact
- Social impact analysis
- Economic impact analysis
- Documentation
- Contact Lakhwinder Hundal
Complete our Deicing Survey
For any other inquiries, please contact the Work Group Coordinator:
Brian Perkovich
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
chlorides@mwrd.org |