ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems - Working
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This page is a working area for the ENVS 560 class.
Contents
- 1 Lists to keep up to date
- 2 Ideas for the future
- 3 Pages people are updating in 2016:
- 4 Main new contribs 2016:
- 5 Minor new contribs 2016 (not mandatory, but list 'em here if you make 'em):
- 6 Main new contribs 2015:
- 7 Minor new contribs 2015:
- 8 Updates worked on in 2015:
- 9 Links to pages students want Fred to look at soon
- 10 Links to what you mostly worked on (2015) and a very brief summary of what you did
- 11 Main new contribs 2014:
- 12 Minor new contribs 2014:
- 13 Updates worked on in 2014:
- 14 Leftover ideas after 2014:
- 15 Leftover ideas after 2013:
- 16 Disclaimer
Lists to keep up to date
Don't forget to make sure all major 'issue' and 'summary' pages are listed in one of these two lists:
- Watershed Issues on the Central Coast of California
- Summaries of Environmental Topics on the Central Coast of California
Ideas for the future
Minor to moderate updates
- Update the pages relating to major current water projects i.e.:
- Add firms and projects to List of Environmental Consultants working in the California Central Coast Region:
- Firms:
- Bellinger Foster Steinmetz - worked on FORHA plan, Monterey Horse Park, MPRPD Aeolian Dunes, ...
- Turf Image Inc. - worked on MPRPD redistricting GIS
- Lucido Surveyors; and Polaris; and Whitson
- Kimley-Horn (Fort Ord multimodal corridor; TOSL feasibility; North Fremont; ...)
- Dudek (working on FORA oak conservation)
- Pathways for Wildlife
- Firms involved with the CSUMB Master Plan Update
- Projects:
- H.T. Harvey did some major work on the Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (Carmel River FREE) Project
- DDA did the MND for MBCS at CSUMB
- Firms:
New pages & major updates
- New page on the effort to create a groundwater sustainability agency for the Salinas Valley
- Page on Incidental Take Permits (ITPs) otherwise known as 2081 permits
- Needs to be related to this page Common Permits Required for Restoration in the Central Coast Region, which might need a split or a name change to make it more general and less specific about 'restoration'
- Separate new page listing major or exemplary ITPs in the region
- New pages on these organizations, and their activities in the region:
- New page on Water Supply Issues on the Former Fort Ord
- New page with a map of the service areas of all the water providers in the southern Monterey Bay Region, with links to internal pages on each of the providers (MCWD, Cal-Am, etc.)
- Look into possible mismatches between MCWD service district and jurisdictional boundaries
- New page on the former Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project (RUWAP)
- Develop the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) page to include a list of major points where CPUC has exerted influence on projects in the southern Monterey Monterey Bay region.
- The Special Status Species page needs a lot of work (it contains several meta-comments and blank sections; as at 2 Apr 2015)
- Pages on some specific Special Status Species, including things basic life history and distribution, but mainly focusing on relevance to environmental management i.e. how their protection relates to various projects e.g. Snowy Plover, and its relationship with SVWSP and The Collection at Monterey Bay etc.
- New page on Wildlife Connectivity in the California Central Coast Region
- Would need to integrate with the existing page on Riparian corridors in the California Central Coast Region
- Things to include
- New page on the Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (Carmel River FREE) Project led by BSLT
- New page on the proposed Fort Ord Rec Trail and Greenway (FORTAG)
More ideas from Doug
- Regional water and DESAL
- Balanced view of the current desal options.
- Decision making process about selecting a desal provider
- Current status of desal testing and permitting
- Current thoughts on cost to rate payers
- Current project timeline exceeds current cease pumping the carmel deadline.
- SAND MINING and coastal retreat
- DAM removal
- update--dam is down---river is constructed--before and after monitoring of impacts is ongoing. There are some pre-removal datasets to link to.
- Status of county's response to new State Groundwater Monitoring regs. Compare to other parts of the state?
- Get a list of the planned urban development for the next ten years in the CalAm service area and assess the water consumption of those developments.
- Follow up on Big Sur Watershed management plan as a case study in that kind of public process...what kinds of projects were implemented or are planned as a result of that document. What is the process for getting improvement projects funded? Does the current watershed management planning process work? What is the status of the Carmel watershed management planning process?
- Issues around los padres Dam.
- Progress on the nacitone tunnel.
Pages people are updating in 2016:
- TNC test link
- Monterey Peninsula Groundwater Replenishment Project Phase 1: Alana
- Update to List of Environmental Consultants working in the California Central Coast Region Phase 1: Leah
- Update Desalination in the Central Coast Region Phase 1: Julia
- Update Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP): Phase 1:Steve
- Update San Clemente Dam Phase 1: Kaitlyn
- Update California Central Coast Gage Locations Phase 1: Kristen
Main new contribs 2016:
- New pages on these organizations, and their activities in the region: Big Sur Land Trust Phase 2: Leah
- New pages on Sand Mining and coastal retreat Phase 2: Kristen
- New page with a map of the service areas of all the water providers in the southern Monterey Bay Region, with links to internal pages on each of the providers Phase 2: Kaitlyn
- New page on the Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (Carmel River FREE) Project led by BSLT Phase 2: Julia
- New pages on these organizations, and their activities in the region: Santa Lucia Conservancy Phase 2: Alana
- Habitat Conservation Plan General Page: Phase 2: Steve
- Special Status Species page filling in details. Phase 2: Gabriel
Minor new contribs 2016 (not mandatory, but list 'em here if you make 'em):
- Minor contribution to MCWD page: Kaitlyn
- Status of county's response to new State Groundwater Monitoring regs Phase 2: Julia
Main new contribs 2015:
- Need a page on the failed Regional Water Project Phase 2: Amelia
- Need a page on the current Monterey Peninsula Water Project Phase 2: Dan
- Need a proper page for Marina Coast Water District (MCWD), covering the basic function of the agency, and also its relationship to LAFCO issues, and the failed and current water supply projects Phase 2: Alex
- Could add an issue page about how the MCWD boundary does not match the area it serves. This is a LAFCO issue. MCWD Home Page
- Need a set of pages on Special Districts: (1) the overall concept, (2) the main ones in the Central Coast Region Phase 2:Pat
- Add a set of pages on Public Finance in California's Central Coast Region: Phase 2: Sarah
- Add a page giving an overview of Recycled Water in the Central Coast Region
- ...
Minor new contribs 2015:
- Could add a general page on Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), listing as an example the Fort Ord Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)
- Need a kind of disambiguation page listing all the major water "projects" like RWP, MPWP, SRDP, ...
- Create a page for Salinas Valley Water Project (SVWP) with link to separate page on Salinas River Diversion Facility (SRDF) Phase 2:Pat
- Basic page for the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP)
- Basic page for some common technical tools and how/when/where they have been used in the Central Coast Region, e.g.:
- A basic list of Solar Farms in the Central Coast Region - existing and proposed
..
Updates worked on in 2015:
- Could update status of Fort Ord HCP Phase 1: Dan
- Add projects to big list of CEQA projects e.g.:
- Monterey Peninsula Groundwater Replenishment Project
- Veteran's Cemetery IS/MND
- Add firms to List of Environmental Consultants in the Central Coast Area e.g.: Phase 1: Amelia
- Update the desal page in general; and also make sure it has links to the pages on Regional Water Project and Monterey Peninsula Water ProjectPhase 1: Sarah
- Update these pages:
- Monterey Peninsula Groundwater Replenishment Project
- Salinas River Diversion Facility Phase 1: Pat
- Salinas River Channel Maintenance Program Phase 1: Pat
- Any pages with the facts behind this article on MCWRA's responsibility regarding water quality Phase 1: Alex
- ...
Links to pages students want Fred to look at soon
- Public Finance in California's Central Coast Region
- Special Status Species Within Fort Ord
- Marina Coast Water District (MCWD)
- List of Special Districts in the Monterey Bay Region
Links to what you mostly worked on (2015) and a very brief summary of what you did
- SF
- Phase 1: Edited/expanded Desalination in the Central Coast Region
- Phase 2: Wrote Public Finance in California's Central Coast Region page
- Phase 3:
- edited/expanded MCWD
- Added to List of Environmental Consultants working in the California Central Coast Region:
- Alta Planning & Design
- Dover-Kohl Partners
- Other planning firms like the above two?
- PM
- Phase 1: Edited/expanded Salinas River Stream Maintenance Program (SMP), created Salinas River Channel Maintenance Program redirect page, edited/expanded Salinas River Diversion Facility (SRDF)
- Phase 2: Wrote Special Districts page, Wrote List of Special Districts in the Monterey Bay Region
- Phase 3:
- Edited Regional Water Project, edited Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project (RUWAP)
- Updated this list of CEQA projects on the Central Coast with links to recent project pages that already exist on the wiki (like MPWSP etc.))
- Added links to specific project summary pages on CEQAnet from the individual CEQA project pages on the wiki, using the example I created on the MPWSP page where it says "SCH#" (look inside the link to see how it uses a "ProjectKey" that you can get fro the URL that CEQAnet gives you when you do a search), added links in text to CEQAnet project pages where EIR or CEQA documents were mentioned
- In the "Links" sections at the bottoms of each of the main CEQA "Project" pages, added a link to the list of CEQA projects on the Central Coast (if one was not already there)
- AO
- Phase 1: Edited/fixed dead links/added projects and environmental consulting firms to List of Environmental Consultants in the Central Coast Area
- Phase 2: Wrote Regional Water Project page and a brief description of Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project (RUWAP)
- Phase 3:
- Edited Public Finance in California's Central Coast Region
- Edited and added to Salinas River Diversion Facility (SRDF) as emailed
- DM
- Phase 1: Fixed the dead links, edited Fort Ord HCP, created page for Incidental Take Permits and Special Status Species Within Fort Ord
- Phase 2: Wrote Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project page
- Phase 3:
- Edited Special Districts, List of Special Districts in the Monterey Bay Region
- Added disclaimer on Special Status Species Within Fort Ord saying list is incomplete (had trouble finding the names of additional species but will keep looking):
- Needs to list more than just 'Listed' (T&E) species, and also include at least some non-T&E species e.g. 'Watch-Listed' species - if not all of them, then some of them and an indication of "Other species not yet listed here".
- Needs to link to the SPAnimals.pdf list from March 2015 (on CDFW web site)
- Needs to link to any references that say things like "There are 35 Special Status Species on former Fort Ord"
- Needs to link to relevant pages containing words like "Species" or "Fort Ord" in their title.
- AH
- Phase 1: Edited/rewrote/fixed dead links in Monterey Coastkeeper page. Added info to the California Coastkeeper Alliance page.
- Phase 2: Wrote/working on Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) page.
- Phase 3:
- Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project - made grammatical corrections, changed reference links at bottom of page to a name that indicates what to expect when clicked, added a map showing the MPWSP project area, added some hot links within text
- Incidental Take Permits (ITPs) - add 'Links' section, and link to any pages in the wiki that relate to ITPs (do a search) e.g. the Fort Ord HCP. Maybe update the references so that the text that appears is an indication of what to expect if you clicked the link (as opposed to a garbled URL). Changed reference links at the bottom to the name of the page, added links section at bottom of page and put links in, minor edits in text.
- Flesh these two pages out a tiny bit (mainly by adding a summary sentence or two; and maybe a map of the MRWPCA site showing both plants): Salinas Valley Reclamation Plant (SVRP) and Regional Treatment Plant (RTP). Added brief text summarizing SVRP, added brief text summarizing RTP, added map to RTP page.
Main new contribs 2014:
- GW Replenishment project
- Common Permits Required for Restoration in the Central Coast
- Regulatory Agencies in the Central Coast
- Desal
- Salinas River Channel Maintenance Program
- Special Status Species of the Central Coast
- What are prominent SS species in our region
- CNDDB
- Fort Ord HCP
- Water supply for underserved, marginalized communities of the Salinas Valley
Minor new contribs 2014:
- Aquifer
- Watershed
- California American Water Company (CalAm)
- City of Salinas Treatment Plant
- Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD)
- Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency
- City of Marina
- City of King
- The Molera Wetland
- Endangered species
- Natural Community Conservation Planning Act
- Salinas River Diversion Facility
- California Endangered Species Act
- Templates
- Monterey-Pacific Grove ASBS Stormwater Management Project
- Seaside Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)
- Blanco Drain
- MRWPCA Regional Treatment Plant
Updates worked on in 2014:
- TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
- Approaches to TMDL Development and Implementation in the Monterey Bay Area
- Los Padres Reservoir Capacity Issues
- Sudden Oak Death (SOD)
- Urban storm water management in the City of Santa Cruz
- Steelhead Management in the Monterey Bay Region
- Steelhead Management in the Salinas Watershed
- Steelhead
- Riparian habitats as wildlife corridors in the California Central Coast Region
- Carmel River Watershed
- Lower Salinas River Watershed
- Gabilan Range
- Basin-Indians Fire Erosion and Debris Flows
Leftover ideas after 2014:
- Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
- Who they are
- What they do
- Who are members
- Student chapter
- Recent events
- PG Diversion project & DEIR
- Hollister Hills - site summary
- Page on all the water providers in the Monterey Bay Region - the biggies (like Cal Am), and all the teeny weird ones you never heard of (like Seaside Muni). Needs a good set of maps.
- Other:
- Water Supply for the Cal Am service area (focus on current impediments to the proposed portfolio approach)
- Water metering as a means of understanding agricultural water use.
- Understanding "water policy cycles"---Water supply and Policies that are viable in drought years, but untenable in years of plenty (new big dams in CA, etc).
- Impacts of the new Salinas River channel maintenance program.
- Movement toward public takeover of Cal Am water supply system.
- Is there a physical inventory of extant groundwater resources to fuel existing (or proposed) Fort Ord reuse plans. This could be a close scrutiny of the Monterey Downs EIR.
- How does the planned desal impact Fort Ord reuse?
- Potential water use projects that would secure the now tenuous MCWRA rights to about 168,000 af/yr of Salinas Valley water.
- When new subdivisions are permitted, they must demonstrate a sustainable water supply. Apparently, that approach is flawed, since many areas are in overdraft. What are the minimum criteria for demonstrating "sustainable" water supply and why does it fail in many cases?
Leftover ideas after 2013:
- CEQA
- CEQA approaches to each of the main CEQA areas:
- Visual / aesthetic
- Transport
- Wetlands
- etc.
- Firms that do CEQA, tabulated by project, role, specialty, client etc.
- CEQA approaches to each of the main CEQA areas:
- Land use planning in Central Coast
- County General Plan
- County Long-Range Development Plan
- Marina General Plan
- Seaside General Plan
- AMBAG Metropolitan Transportation Plan
- TAMC Regional Transportation Plan
- Former CA-led County Redevelopment Agencies and new 'Successor' agencies.
- Fort Ord
- BRAC / Fort Ord Cleanup
- History of consistency determinations made with respect to Fort Ord Reuse Plan
- Viewshed policy (county critical viewshed, approaches taken in CEQA projects)
- Water rights - How do water rights work?
- e.g. for projects in CEQA right now (Ferrini, Downs)
- Drainage studies
- e.g. Canyon del Rey and current contract to Balance & Whitson
- Ag Waiver & TMDLs:
- Can always use more updating with new developments
- Stakeholder pages:
- Marina Coast Water District, e.g. its role in Fort Ord re-use
- MPWMD, e.g. its role in Canyon del Rey drainage study update
- TAMC
- AMBAG
- Specific Watersheds
- Wildlife:
- Wildlife habitat corridor planning - State-level efforts, Regional effort led by CalTrans, Local survey led by BSLT, ...
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