Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters

Chapter 6: Management Measures for Hydromodification:

Channelization and Channel Modification, Dams, and Steambank and Shoreline Erosion

I. Introduction

A. What "Management Measures" Are

B. What "Management Practices" Are

C. Scope of This Chapter

D. Relationship of This Chapter to Other Chapters and to Other EPA Documents

II. Channelization and Channel Modification Management

A. Management Measure for Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Surface Waters

1. Applicability
2. Description
3. Management Measure Selection
4. Practices
5. Costs for Modeling Practices
   

B. Instream and Riparian Habitat Management Measure

1. Applicability
2. Description
3. Management Measure Selection
4. Practices
   

III. Dams Management Measures

A. Management Measure for Erosion and Sediment Control

1. Applicability
2. Description
3. Management Measure Selection
4. Practices
5. Effectiveness for All Practices
6. Costs for Modeling Practices
   

B. Management Measure for Chemical and Pollutant Control

1. Applicability
2. Description
3. Management Measure Selection
4. Practices
   

C. Management Measure for Protection of Surface Water Quality and Instream and Riparian Habitat

1. Applicability
2. Description
3. Management Measure Selection
4. Introduction to Practices
5. Practices for Aeration of Reservoir Waters and Releases
6. Practices to Improve Oxygen Levels in Tailwaters
7. Practices for Adjustments in the Operational Procedures of Dams for Improvements of Water Quality
8. Watershed Protection Practices
9. Practices to Restore or Maintain Aquatic and Riparian Habitat
10. Practices to Maintain Fish Passage
11. Costs for All Practices
    

IV. Streambank and Shoreline Erosion Management Measure

A. Management Measure for Eroding Streambanks and Shorelines

1. Applicability
2. Description
3. Management Measure Selection
4. Practices
5. Costs for All Practices
   

V. Glossary

VI. References

A. Channelization and Channel Modification

B. Dams

C. Streambank and Shoreline Erosion

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