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Section 319 Project Reporting


Project reporting is important for any program, especially where public funds are used. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) tracks and manages the financial end of water quality improvement projects funded under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, as well as monitoring water quality improvements. UDAF and the Utah Division of Water Quality must gather progress reports and report to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Progress on project objectives and tasks are entered into an EPA database called the Grants Reporting and Tracking System. Projects funded by Section 319 and administered by UDAF include:

Little Bear River Watershed BMP Technical Assistance and Implementation
Otter Creek Watershed BMP Technical Assistance and Implementation
Chalk Creek Watershed BMP Technical Assistance and Implementation
Beaver River Watershed BMP Technical Assistance and Demonstration
UACD Information and Education for NPS
USU Extension I&E Activities for BMP Selction and Implementation
USU Extension I&E for public understanding including youth
Statewide I&E activities including Utah Watershed Review and and Simshed CD-ROM
BMP Demonstrations in various watersheds
Watershed condition assessments including rangelands and riparian areas
Statewide AFO/CAFO technical assistance

Section 319 of the Clean Water Act 

Section 319 of the Federal Clean Water Act deals with nonpoint sources (NPS) of pollution. Land use activites such as agricultural production, road and building construction, mining, and forestry operations can all potentially be NPS polluters.

The 1987 reauthorization of the Clean Water Act authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund individual state programs designed to control and eliminate NPS problems.

Utah's Nonpoint Source Task Force has spent the past decade or more setting up local areas of the state to take on demonstration projects in specific watershed areas.

Some of the largest watershed efforts have taken place in the Little Bear River in Cache County, Chalk Creek in Summit County, and Otter Creek in Piute and Sevier counties.