Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS)
Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) is a planning and management framework that engages stakeholders within a particular watershed in a process to:
- Identify watershed restoration and protection needs and opportunities
- Establish management goals for the watershed community
- Create a cost-effective action plan to achieve goals
- Implement the action plan
WRAPS represents a shift from "top-down" government intervention in watershed issues, to a more citizen-stakeholder approach, in which funds, guidance and technical assistance are provided for stakeholders to reach consensus on issues of relevance in their watershed, and then design and execute a plan to address those issues.
A guide to developing alternative stormwater compliance programs in the state of Kansas
The State of Kansas provides an allowance for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer (MS4) programs to adopt alternative compliance options such as off-site stormwater management to meet their permit requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. This fact sheet describes what alternative stormwater compliance is and summarizes the steps for incorporating this option in an MS4 permit.
