Watershed Summary

The Anchor Bay Watershed Project was a two-year project that developed a watershed management plan for the 110,000-acre Anchor Bay lake drainage basin. The Anchor Bay Watershed is approved under the CMI administrative rules and was funded under section 319.The primarily urban (23%) and agricultural (36%) watershed was faced with increasing development pressures. Since the Anchor Bay watershed overlaps downstream portions of both the Clinton and St. Clair River Areas of Concern, the plan built on efforts under the Remedial Action Plan process, as well as efforts of the Blue Water Task Force on Water Quality, the Macomb County Blue Ribbon Commission on Lake St. Clair, and the Macomb/St. Clair Inter-County Watershed Advisory Group.

MDEQ Nonpoint Source Links

• Watershed Management Plan (2,200 KB)
• Watershed Management Plan Appendices (5,200 KB)
• Watershed Management Plan Technical Report (6,500 KB)
• Watershed Management Plan Technical Report Appendices (6,800 KB)
• Anchor Bay Watershed Planning Project fact sheet (130 KB PDF)
• St. Clair River Watershed Illicit Connection Elimination fact sheet (1,000 KB PDF)
• St. Clair County Illicit Connection Elimination fact sheet (370 KB PDF) 
• Macomb County Office of Public Works Illicit Connection Elimination fact sheet (560 KB PDF)
• Macomb County Health Department Illicit Discharge Elimination fact sheet (150 KB PDF)
• Harrison Township Failing On-Site Disposal System Correction fact sheet (90 KB PDF)

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Watershed Websites

• St. Clair County - Anchor Bay

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