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| − | In the 1974, 34 California coastal regions were designated by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) as Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) in an effort to preserve unique and sensitive marine ecosystems. Under the California Ocean Plan the SWRCB prohibited the discharge of pollution into ASBS. The Two ASBS in Montery County are Carmel Bay and Pacific Grove, including Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Fish Refuge and Hopkins Marine life Refuge. Monterey and Pacific Grove discharge stormwater into Pacific Grove ASBS and Pebble Beach and Carmel discharge into Carmel ASBS. The prohibition of discharges into ASBS was largely ignored. There are 348 discharges into Carmel Bay ASBS and 246 discharges into Pacific Grove ASBS. Many discharges are urban runoff from city drains, road runoff, golf course and private homes discharging from pipes and dumping directly into ocean water. Officials from Monterey Peninsula cities have been reluctant to comply with the state mandate, contending zero discharge is economically unreasonable and lacks scientific basis. | + | In the 1974, 34 California coastal regions were designated by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) as Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) in an effort to preserve unique and sensitive marine ecosystems. Under the California Ocean Plan the SWRCB prohibited the discharge of pollution into ASBS. The Two ASBS in Montery County are Carmel Bay and Pacific Grove, including Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Fish Refuge and Hopkins Marine life Refuge. Monterey and Pacific Grove discharge stormwater into Pacific Grove ASBS and Pebble Beach and Carmel discharge into Carmel ASBS. The prohibition of discharges into ASBS was largely ignored. There are 348 discharges into Carmel Bay ASBS and 246 discharges into Pacific Grove ASBS. Many discharges are urban runoff from city drains, road runoff, golf course and private homes discharging from pipes and dumping directly into ocean water. Officials from Monterey Peninsula cities have been reluctant to comply with the state mandate, contending zero discharge is economically unreasonable and lacks scientific basis. All involved municipalities have filed for exemptions from discharge prohibition. |
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A watershed-related issue examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
Contents
Summary
In the 1974, 34 California coastal regions were designated by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) as Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) in an effort to preserve unique and sensitive marine ecosystems. Under the California Ocean Plan the SWRCB prohibited the discharge of pollution into ASBS. The Two ASBS in Montery County are Carmel Bay and Pacific Grove, including Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Fish Refuge and Hopkins Marine life Refuge. Monterey and Pacific Grove discharge stormwater into Pacific Grove ASBS and Pebble Beach and Carmel discharge into Carmel ASBS. The prohibition of discharges into ASBS was largely ignored. There are 348 discharges into Carmel Bay ASBS and 246 discharges into Pacific Grove ASBS. Many discharges are urban runoff from city drains, road runoff, golf course and private homes discharging from pipes and dumping directly into ocean water. Officials from Monterey Peninsula cities have been reluctant to comply with the state mandate, contending zero discharge is economically unreasonable and lacks scientific basis. All involved municipalities have filed for exemptions from discharge prohibition.
Location
...Name the smallest watershed (or other applicable region) within which the issue occurs...
Resource/s at stake
...What environmental resource/s are at stake?...
Stakeholders
...Who are the stakeholders in the watershed? e.g. agencies, non-profits, associations...
Laws, policies, & regulations
...What laws, policies, and/or regulations are involved?...
Systems
... What elements of the biophysical system are/were involved?...
Science
...What scientific studies are or would be relevant / already completed?...
Tools
...What analytical (e.g. modeling) tools were or could be used?...
Future research
...What knowledge gaps remain?...
...Suggest a CWSP MS thesis topic that could contribute to the issue...
...Suggest a topic for a hypothetical study that had unlimited resources...
References
...Proust, M. 1901. Poetica nausea. J. Nauseum. pp 1-9999.
Links
- Other Watershed Issues
Disclaimer
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