Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Outcome:Logic & Action Plan
Chesapeake Bay Program partners have committed to taking a series of specific actions to support the management approaches guiding this outcome. These actions directly address the factors that could impact our progress. More information about performance targets and participating partners can be found in the complete Logic & Action Plan.
Download Logic & Action Plan (.pdf)Completed Actions
2023
- Conducted field investigation of factors affecting stream condition in southeastern Pennsylvania.
- Established continuous (measurements on an hourly basis) water quality monitoring in a nontidal network of nine major RIM Program sites.
- Deployed three water quality sensors in Chesapeake Bay for the summer season.
- Developed a two-year nutrient limitation project in the Bay.
- Developed a multiyear satellite-monitoring protocol development and regional test case project.
- Published studies on management results in nutrient and sediment reduction efforts and water quality impacts of climate change, land use and population growth.
2022
- Conducted a field investigation of factors affecting stream conditions on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
- Created a project team to create a tool that tracks water quality over space and time.
- Created the Hypoxia Collaborative Team, focused on enhanced high temporal frequency water quality monitoring in the Bay.
- Completed the 2021-2022 Monitoring Review, at the Principals' Staff Committee's request, to enhance core Bay Program monitoring networks.
- Successfully deployed seasonal testing for new investment in high temporal frequency water quality monitoring sensors in deep waters.
- Published studies on various topics related to trends in nutrient and suspended sediment in the Bay watershed as well as impacts on hypoxia (see the Analysis & Methods document for publication details).
2021
- Conducted field investigation of factors affecting stream conditions in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Published the STAC Workshop Report on satellite monitoring opportunities for submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay and a study on nutrient limitation patterns in the mainstem of the Bay.
- Developed and awarded new six-year funding for the EPA-funded Community Science program through the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative.
2020
- Supported the development and implementation of two-year milestones.
- Provided support for the reporting of monitoring data (tidal and non-tidal) into the Chesapeake Bay clearinghouse and the Water Quality Exchange from traditional and nontraditional partners.
- Refined information on the factors affecting the changes in sources and loads through the Bay watershed and their delivery and impacts on the estuary.
2019
- Supported the development and implementation of Phase III WIPs.
- Updated land use data in the Phase 6 model to inform the 2020-2021 milestones.
- Improved the quality and representation of soil phosphorus input data in the Phase 6 watershed model to support the development of Phase III WIPs.
2018
- Completed a midpoint assessment of progress and scientific analyses.