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The Vermont Clear Water Budget The Vermont Clean Water Budget Weigh in on Prioritization of Funding for Clean Water Projects State Fiscal Year 2025 The Vermont Clean Water Budge Clean Water Board Process The Clean Water Board was created by Vermont Statute 10 V.S.A 5 1389 and is responsible for planning. coordinating, and financing the remediation, improvement, and protection of the quality of state waters. Clean Water Budge Cap Dolar Sourced by State bonding Read Stabae 10 V.S.A 1380 Provides input on Dean Clear Governor Integrates Clean Water Budge Legislature Authorizes facal year VERMONT Clean Water Boend Clean Water Punt Tax Action Composed of representatives from five state agencies and four members of the public, the board recommends an annual Clean Water Budget to the Governor that is made up of Clean Water Fund, Capital Dollars, and American Rescue Plan Act dollars. This budget is organized Sax Clean Water Surcharge, and The Vent Clean Water B agency program budget proposal Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) A TMDL is a plan that identifies the pollutant reductions required for an impaired waterbody to meet the State of Vermont's Water Quality Standards. TMDLs set up long term pollutant reduction targets to manage and reduce sources of pollution, such as stormwater traveling downhill and bringing excess nutrients into lakes, streams, and wetlands Agencies Receive spending authority at the start of the fiscal year Story Map • • • The Questionnaire is paired with a Story Map - User friendly Accessible Images/Videos to break up text Provide greater details as education tool on: - Trends in Clean Water Funding Clean Water Board Process and Role SFY25 Clean Water Budget Line Items and Allocations Embedded recordings of agency partners presenting on budget line items by priority tier Most of the State of Vermont is covered by three large-scale TMDLs that require nutrient loading reductions, as shown in the figure to the right. The Northern and Western parts of Hudson River Drainage Lake Champlain TMDL (Phosphorus) Lake Memphremagog TMDL (Phosphorus) Long Island Sound TMDL (Nitrogen) VERMONT

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