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Strategy
• 1b. Identify and Eliminate Barriers to Storm Water Capture and Use
• 3a. Develop Guidance for Alternative
• 3b. Develop Watershed-Based Compliance and Management Guidelines and Tools
• 4a. Implement Senate Bill 985 - Incorporate Principles of Storm Water Resource Plan Guidelines into Storm Water Programs
• 4b. Eliminate Barriers to Funding Storm Water Programs and Identify Funding for Storm Water Capture and Use Projects
• 5a. Create Storm Water Program Data and Information "Open Data"
• 6a. Establish Statewide Framework for Urban Pesticide Reduction
• 6b. Identify Opportunities for Source Control and Pollution Prevention
• Project 1d: Develop and Establish a Monetary Value of Storm Water
• Project 2a: Encourage Stakeholder Collaboration to Promote Storm Water as a Resource
• Project 3c: Assess Municipal Storm Water Program Monitoring and Effectiveness
• Project 3d: Establish Statewide Regulatory Framework for Municipal Storm Water Programs
• Project 3f: Develop Guidance for Implementation of Post-Construction Requirements to Improve Watershed Health
• Project 4c: Identify Municipal Storm Water Permit Compliance Cost
• Project 5b: Evaluate and Increase Storm Water Permit Compliance
• Project 5d: Align Water Quality Statewide Planning Efforts with Storm Water Program Implementation - Pilot Project Using the Biological Integrity Plan
• Project 6c: Evaluate and Implement Trash Control
• Project 3g: Establish Guidance for Storm Water Program Asset Management Planning and Cost Estimation
• Project 4d: Identify Industrial and Construction Storm Water Permit Compliance Cost
• Project 5c: Establish Sector-Specific Technology-Based Numeric Effluent Limitations for Industrial and Construction Storm Water Permits
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Project 3c: Assess Municipal Storm Water Program Monitoring and Effectiveness
Priority:
High
Assessment:
Important, readily achievable
None
Project Objective:Identify monitoring and effectiveness assessment approaches that efficiently generate information used for adaptive management and improvement of the local municipal storm water programs regulated by Water Board requirements.
Scope:The result of the project is a data and information management approach that will inform Water Board Storm Water Program management decisions, improve program effectiveness, and maximize water quality-based outcomes. After first identifying data and information needs, explore traditional water quality monitoring and new measures of program effectiveness, such as surrogate measures for discharge and receiving water quality (leveraged with efforts already undertaken by stakeholders). Develop methodologies and tools for answering high-priority monitoring and effectiveness assessment questions, such as: (1) how and where compliance with receiving water limitations should be assessed; (2) how to estimate baseline pollutant loads; (3) how to determine relative spatial risks to receiving water quality; and (4) how to quantify the expected load reduction associated with water quality improvement projects. Develop training materials and statewide workgroups to set up implementation, training, and troubleshooting.
Background:
Significant funds are spent annually on storm water monitoring and effectiveness assessment; however, the work to date has in some cases been limited in guiding program implementation. Accordingly, reduced costs and increased utility of monitoring and effectiveness assessment is needed. As opposed to past complex techniques, simple models can yield valuable information to support short-term and long-term storm water program decisions and priorities. Use of simple, spatially-based pollutant load and reduction information will support identification and prioritization of water quality actions. For example, the Central Coast Regional Board is developing a spatial approach to estimate pollutant loads and load reductions to provide a simple visual way to identify and prioritize areas for water quality improvements. This work builds from earlier Lahontan Regional Board staff efforts to provide a useable, transparent, and scientifically-credible tool to estimate baseline pollutant loads, determine relative spatial risks to receiving water quality, and quantify the expected load reduction associated with water quality improvement actions. Rather than attempting to model multiple pollutant types, this methodology uses credible and effective representative parameters (i.e., total suspended solids and volume) to create a ranking of municipal catchments in terms of relative risk to the receiving water. The result is information that serves as an effective communication tool between Water Board staff and municipal representatives.
Prerequisites:None.
Products and Timelines:3 Years: Develop technical guidance document that identifies useful data to collect for storm water program effectiveness analysis, and how to report the water data and information on water quality program effectiveness to drive the best responses and management actions. Develop tools, including guidance on: (1) assessing receiving water limitations; (2) estimating baseline pollutant loads; (3) determining relative spatial risks to receiving water quality; and (4) quantifying the expected load reduction associated with water quality improvement actions. Develop Item for State Water Board consideration of adoption.
Phase II
Objective 3
Establish Permit Pathways to Assess Storm Water Programs and Meet Water Quality Requirements
Goal 3
Implement Efficient and Effective Regulatory Programs
Project Information
Name | Assess Municipal Storm Water Program Monitoring and Effectiveness |
Start | 2019 |
Completion | 2022 |
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