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The UNRBA has created a comprehensive, integrated watershed management plan for the Upper Neuse River Basin. The plan was developed in partnership with the state Division of Water Quality and accepted by the UNRBA Board of Directors in 2003. It aims to support, coordinate, and build upon local and state government water resource management efforts. The plan includes:

• an assessment of water quality and related water quantity management in the Upper Neuse River Basin;
• a description of the goals and objectives for protection and improvement of water quality and related water quantity management in the basin; and,
• a workplan that describes proposed water quality protection strategies, including point and nonpoint source programs, for achieving the specified goals and objectives

UNRBA is currently developing an Implementation Approach for the Watershed Management Plan, a process that will produce an Implementation Plan. The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is responsible for developing the Implementation Plan, with assistance from UNRBA staff and the Implementation Steering Committee (ISC). The Implementation Plan will specify:

• tasks,
• timetables for action,
• responsibilities of state and local agencies,
• a water quality monitoring framework,
• and sources of funding.

It will also include a system of performance indicators and benchmarks that will be used to measure progress on implementing the Watershed Management Plan.

UNRBA is currently developing two components of the Implementation Plan:

• templates for Local Management Strategy Reviews, which will be used to assess progress on implementation
• recommendation sheets, which detail how a given watershed management strategy might be implemented, locally or regionally