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U m ohwm. J ordinary high water mark means the elevations set by the act. The ohwm for intermittent streams for example can be determined by the. The ordinary high water mark ohwm is defined in the part 325 administrative rules as follows. Army corps of engineers usace defines intermittent streams as having flowing water during certain times of the year when groundwater provides water for stream.

This methodology uses hydrology vegetation and geomorphology indicators to identify the boundary between the active floodplain and the low terrace. Accurate consistent and efficient ohwm delineation practices are thus essential to proper and effective implementation of these laws and regulations by. Additionally under sections 9 and 10 of the rivers and harbors act of 1899 the ohwm defines the lateral limits of federal jurisdiction for non tidal traditional navigable waters of the u s. The ohwm manual lichvar and mccolley 2008 incorporates years of fieldwork collecting data and modeling flows in ephemeral and intermittent channels to develop a methodology for identifying the ohwm.

Ohwm delineation in non perennial i e intermittent and ephemeral streams can be especially challenging.