Lake Tahoe TMDL Symposium (December 9-10, 2004)

Lahontan RWQCB and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection hosted a public symposium on the Lake Tahoe TMDL on December 9-10, 2004 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. The symposium included presentations of TMDL research efforts and discussions of the coordinated public participation process associated with the TMDL, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update, and the U.S. Forest Service’s forest management plan update. About 150 members of the public, scientists, consultants and interested agency staff attended the symposium.

The following presentations by meeting participants are available below.

1. Agenda and Goals – Bud Amorfini, Lahontan RWQCB
2. TMDL Overview – Dave Roberts, Lahontan RWQCB
3. Scientific Program for TMDL Phase 1 – John Reuter, U.C. Davis
4. Lake Tahoe Clarity Model – Geoff Schladow, UCD
5. Atmospheric Deposition – Eileen McCauley, California Air Resources Board
6. Lake Tahoe Watershed Model – John Riverson, Tetra Tech
7. Reconstruction of Meteorological Input – Michael Anderson, UCD
8. Storm Water Quality Monitoring – Alan Heyvaert, UCD and Jim Thomas, Desert Research Institute
9. Land Use – Water Quality Relationships – Bob Coats, Hydroikos, and Melissa Gunter, DRI
10. Development of GIS Land Use Layers – John Riverson, Tetra Tech
11. Stream Channel Erosion – Andrew Simon, National Sedimentation Laboratory
12. Nearshore Water Quality – Ken Taylor, DRI
13. Biologically Available Phosphorus – Jerry Qualls, University of Nevada – Reno

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15. Factoring the Performance of BMPs into the Development of TMDLs for Lake Tahoe – Eric Strecker, GeoSyntec Consultants
16. BMP Inventory – Chad Praul, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District
17. Day 2 Opening Remarks – Tom Porta, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
18. Technical Overview of TMDL Phase 2 – John Reuter, UCD
19. Scenario Development and Model Application – Dave Roberts, Lahontan RWQCB
20. Load Reduction Estimating Methodology – Eric Strecker, GeoSyntec
21. Load Reduction Matrix – Jason Kuchnicki, NDEP
22. New and Innovative Technologies – Jason Kuchnicki, NDEP
23. Best Management Practices Model – Leslie Shoemaker, Tetra Tech
24. Tahoe Integrated Information Management System – Dave Roberts, Lahontan RWQCB
25. Pollutant Reduction Tracking & Progress Monitoring – John Reuter, UCD
26. Water Quality Trading Feasibility Study – Jack Landy, Lahontan RWQCB
27. Pathway 2007 – Harold Singer, RWQCB; Carl Hasty, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency; Lauri Kemper, RWQCB; Julie Regan, TRPA

28. Agenda, Goals & Objectives, Glossary of Key Terms, and Abstracts for Presentations 2 – 6 above
29. Abstracts for Presentations 7 – 16 and 18 – 19 above
30. Lake Tahoe TMDL Implementation Tool Box Cover Page (draft)
31. Lake Tahoe TMDL Implementation Tool Box (draft)