2025 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) 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.

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Watershed-Wide Actions

Ongoing

  • Leading Best Management Practice (BMP) Verification.
  • Supporting continued BMP implementation, tracking and reporting across all source sectors.
  • Upgrading and enhancing wastewater treatment plants and septic systems.
  • Guiding the development of jurisdictions’ trading and offset programs.
  • Providing permit and enforcement oversight across all sectors.
  • Improving temporal and regional patterns in water quality criteria attainment in tidal and non-tidal waters.
  • Coordinating the Chesapeake Bay Program Non-tidal Water Quality Monitoring Network.
  • Addressing gaps in monitoring programs.
  • Developing and applying new approaches for quantifying and explaining water quality trends in tidal waters.
  • Explaining the drivers of water quality trends in the watershed.