In order to restore Virginia waterways to health, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality(DEQ) issues pollution diets setting limits on the amount of bacteria that can enter County waterways with documented high bacteria pollution. These limits are known as Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).
As a community with a municipal stormwater permit, James City County must take action to reduce the bacteria in stormwater runoff to the levels dictated by the TMDL. Reducing storm runoff pollution is a long-term effort and the County has a long history of working to accomplish the needed reductions.
In order to utilize County resources effectively and provide information to the DEQ, the County has developed a Bacteria TMDL Action Plan for Powhatan, Mill and Skiffes Creeks which describes how the County will meet the pollution diets for these streams.
Ili kurudisha maji ya Virginia kwa afya, Idara ya Virginia ya Ubora wa Mazingira (DEQ) hutoa lishe ya uchafuzi ya kuweka mipaka ya kiasi cha bakteria ambayo inaweza kuingia katika maji ya Kaunti na uchafuzi wa bakteria wa juu ulioandikwa. Vipimo hivi vinajulikana kama Jumla ya Kiwango cha Juu cha Mzigo wa Kila Siku (TMDLs). Kama jamii yenye kibali cha maji ya mvua ya manispaa, Kaunti ya James City lazima ichukue hatua ya kupunguza bakteria katika maji ya mvua ya mvua kwa viwango vilivyoamriwa na TMDL. Kupunguza uchafuzi wa maji ya dhoruba ni juhudi ya muda mrefu na Kaunti ina historia ndefu ya kufanya kazi ili kufikia kupunguzwa muhimu. Ili kuwezesha matumizi ya rasilimali za Kaunti kwa ufanisi na kutoa habari kwa DEQ, Kaunti imebuni Mpango wa Utendaji wa Bacteria TMDL kwa Powhatan, Mill na Skiffles Creeks ambayo inaelezea jinsi Kaunti itakayofikia chakula cha uchafuzi kwa mito hii.