Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs)

What is a Basin Management Action Plan?

A BMAP is a framework for water quality restoration that contains a comprehensive set of solutions to achieve the pollutant reductions established by a TMDL. Examples include permit limits on regulated facilities, urban and agricultural best management practices, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, regional projects and conservation programs designed to achieve pollutant reductions established by a TMDL. A BMAP is developed with local stakeholders and relies on local input and commitment for successful implementation. BMAPs are adopted by Secretarial Order and are legally enforceable. BMAPs use an adaptive management approach that allows for incremental load reductions through the implementation of projects and management strategies, while simultaneously monitoring and conducting studies to better understand the water quality and hydrologic dynamics. Progress is tracked by assessing project implementation and water quality analyses. DEP continues to work with local and regional partners to identify additional projects necessary to meet reduction milestones to achieve the TMDLs and inform funding priorities.  

Please visit the BMAP Public Meeting Calendar to find out about upcoming meetings and subscribe to meeting notices. 

• All BMAP Documents
• Map including BMAPs adopted and in progress 
• Map of HB 1379 New and Existing OSTDS Requirements 
   

All BMAP Documents	NEEPP BMAPs	Springs BMAPS
Image A BMAP is a framework for water quality restoration that contains a comprehensive set of solutions to achieve the pollutant reductions established by a TMDL.	Image The Northern Everglades watersheds include the Lake Okeechobee watershed and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River watersheds and estuaries.	Image Springs BMAPs identify the sources of nutrient pollution, list the specific projects and programs necessary to reduce nutrient pollution, and establish priority focus areas where statutory prohibitions on certain activities apply.

Nutrient  BMAPs	Indian River Lagoon  BMAPs	Fecal Indicator  Bacteria BMAPs
Image Nutrient BMAPs contain a comprehensive set of solutions, such as permit limits on wastewater facilities, urban and agricultural best management practices designed to achieve pollutant reductions established by a TMDL.	Image The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is a 156-mile-long estuary along Florida’s east coast. The impaired portions of the IRL are directly adjacent to lands in only Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, and St. Lucie counties.	Image Bacteria BMAPs include management strategies or projects, to be implemented by local stakeholders, that aim to eliminate and prevent the release of waste, containing pathogens, to natural waterbodies.

For more information on the development of BMAPs, please email Moira Homann at Moira.Homann@FloridaDEP.gov
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